Paris Jackson, Bill O'Reilly and Steve McNair

What's going on blog world? I've really been motivated to write lately and just like a lot of people, the case of Michael Jackson's life and the celebration or degradation of it by others has been on my mind much. A lot feel that the attention Michael Jackson is unwarranted and that there are more important issues at hand and I do respect that. This man did not have the effect on your life as he did on others so just as you want people to respect your opinion, allow those who choose to grieve in whatever manner to do such because the power and effect of music is immense...

The tearful ending to the memorial service for Michael Jackson should have accurately brought many back to the reality that this was a man just like anyone else. His daughter did not care what people said about him or what was alleged. All she knew that her loving and caring father is no longer with us and that is all that truly matters. Our job as human beings is not to condemn him because we have no true evidence of his life outside of music. All we can do is pray for his family with the same sincerity that we would want others to pray for us when we lost a family member. We have tangible evidence of his philanthropic work and his contributions to the music world will be long lasting so that is what truly should matter. When we stop attempting to be each other's judge and jury is when this world will be a much more peaceful environment for all...

That is where my disdain for Bill O'Reilly arises. I feel that it is cheap advertising for himself to attempt to try to attack the name of a dead man while his family remains in mourning. This is the side of Journalism that I refuse to enter because I believe once a person cannot defend themselves, it should be required to simply leave them be. What do people gain from talking negatively of the dead? All I see is possibly speaking the same evil that you are condemning into your own future.

"I got deamons in my past
So I got daughters on the way
If the prophecy's correct
Then the child should have to pay
For the sins of a father
So I barter my tommorows
Against my yesterdays
In hopes that she'll be OK" - Jay-Z 'Beach Chair'

We never know when we will require the kindness of those around us, so our own kindness and humility must be own display to make others want to help us. Each moment that is spent towards juding others is perhaps another moment spent making the world worse in the future. You never know what effect your actions, comments, or words can have on those around you, so rather then condemining those that aren't living correctly, more efforts should be made to help that person change because disharmony among two will always result in disharmony in the world.

With that said, I feel the same remorse for the McNair family as I do for his girlfriend because no matter how receipts are uncovered or traces are tracked, we will never know what happened between the two. All we know is that someone was neglected enough to the point where they didn't value their life and thus didn't value those around them. We, as a people, especially the Church, should take issue with this because it only requires simply reaching out to troubled individuals to change them perhaps for the rest of our lives. So the next time you think, 'what is wrong with so and so', it may help to also think, 'what can be done to help so and so'?

God Bless...PromoDave Signing Out....