Veterans Blast Jacko's Medals as "mockery"

[Loonman]

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0122Jacko-Medals-ON.html

Associated Press
Jan. 22, 2004 08:29 AM


SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Add a group of veterans to the list of people who are on Michael Jackson's case these days. Their beef - the medals that Jackson wore to accessorize his courtroom outfit this past Friday.

Jackson wore a Serbian medal of merit hanging from his collar and a patch with an insignia of the British Royal Army Service Corps.

[Dogmudgeon]

1. DOGPILE!

Everybody! Pile on Jackson!

--bkl

[Tomee450]

2. Michel Jackson

It's amazing how people pile on Jackson, yet we rarely hear a thing about Phil Spector or Robert Blake who are accused of committing murder. In Blake's case, a little child was left without a mother. The frenzy over Jackson is sickening. He's only been accused yet for many people, he's guilty.

[Laughing Mirror]

15. or R. Kelly, R & B singer, who has actually been filmed

Banging girls the age of the boys Michael is supposed to have touched.

The scandals surrounding R. Kelly have not touched his career or record sales at all.

Wonder why?

[Tomee450]

17. Because

unlike Kelly, Jackson is a super rich black man who is, in the opinion of some, quite odd. That combination does not sit well with many in this country. Jackson is not a murderer, yet he is being treated as if he is one.

[newyawker99]

18. Hi Tomee450!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Tomee450]

22. Thanks

Thanks Newyawker99. I usually lurk but had to respond to certain posts today.

[Skittles]

20. with all due respect

Michael Jacson's fame far exceeds Spector's or Blakes combined.

[Tomee450]

21. Just because

someone is quite famous, does not mean he deserves to be treated more harshly than others. SPector may not be well known, but in this country, Robert Blake certainly is. They are accused of murder and I'll bet if acquitted, there will be no outcry. In this country, certain people are subjected to a different standard. Marv Albert bit a woman fifty times, dressed in women's underwear but was able to return to work with no outrage from anyone. Imagine if he had been an African American. He would be the object of ridicule forever. I'm happy that Marv is getting on with his life. However it would not have been so easy had he been black.

[ProudDemocrat]

3. Fucking ridiculous...

Nothing better to do but to jump on the bandwagon. Get a fucken life!

[Hell Hath No Fury]

4. Sorry, but I can understand...

the anger when someone who has not EARNED their medals wears them.

Mr. Jackson's fantasy life is a rich one, one that doesn't understand what many men and women have gone through to get many of those medals.

It's a respect thing.

[ProudDemocrat]

6. MJ wears an emblem or medal with damn near every outfit

he ever wears since the early 80s, but all of a sudden everyone has a comment to make. Like I said, it's just a bandwagon that everyone wants their foot on..

[el_gato]

7. I think it's just people looking to be offended, who cares about Jacko?

big deal

[Hoosier Democrat]

5. So, Pervo Jacko has made some new friends

I agree with the Veterans. Having many vets in my family, I can understand their outrage when some freak decides to use military decorations as fashion accessories. Maybe Jackson is just stupid, or maybe he's as out of his mind as he seems in interviews.

Almost as disgusting as having a draft dodger put on a flight suit and strut around on an aircraft carrier.

[el_gato]

8. mj is a washed up performer, bush is running/ruining the country

big difference

[Tomee450]

9. Jackson's a pervo?

It's really sad that someone would brand a person a pervo simply because he has been accused of a crime or acts rather bizzare. Are we now at the stage in our society that to be accused automatically means one is guilty? Trials are no longer necessary?

[Hoosier Democrat]

24. Sorry, but His Interview said it all

Call me Old-Fashioned, but any grown man who freely admits to sharing his bed with young children (irregardless of gender) is not a normal person. I stand by my assessment of Jacko.

[Tomee450]

25. I must stand my statements also.

It would seem that a person who had violated a child would not admit to sleeping with children on national television. I still believe in trial by jury with evidence presented. We have reached a sad state in this country when an accused is judged guilty before his case has even been tried. Maybe the next thing is a return to vigilantism?

[0007]

26. junior is more ridiculous than Jackson any day in my opinion!

who has Jackson killed? And I'm a veteran from the Korean conflict and it doesn't bother me a bit what he wears and what he doesn't.

[TreasonousBastard]

10. Which "Medal of Merit"?

Was it the King's medal given to his household staff, or the Red Cross medal? Those are the only two Serbian Medals of Merit I've found. And they go back almost a hundred years.

Can't tell from the picture which one, but neither is a military medal.

Didn't bother to look up the patch, but it occured to me that some people should just shut up and think before they complain.

And keep up the MJ hysteria. We hear enough about him already.

[Blue_Chill]

11. If Bush did it these same "big deal" people would be going nuts

folks you don't wear medals you didn't earn, it does in fact tend to piss off those that did earn them. OK??!!! Good.

[ProudDemocrat]

12. But why now????

He wears medals and emblems ALL THE TIME. Why now???? Understand?????

[Blue_Chill]

14. Is it really something new

Or is the media paying more attention now?

[DrWeird]

16. Do you see a difference between the two?

One is supposed to be a commander-in-chief, the other is a nutty former pop star.

I say big deal to jackson, and yes I'd go nuts if Bush wore them. And rightfully so.

[0007]

27. What about all the phoney medals General Augusto Pinochet wear?

That should be more upsetting to a Chilean than what Jackson wears, 'eh?

Or did Pinochet earn all his medals?

[Tinoire]

13. Sheesh. All this fuss for wearing old foreign medals?

Madonna could masturbate with a crucifix on MTV and that would be ok but let Michael Jackson wear old foreign medals and it's an effing scandal.

Sheesh.

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

19. thank you!

No kidding!

[MisterP]

23. I was wondering why he was dressed like Kitchener...