Micheal Jackson Mania? I just don't get it.

As a child, I remember roller skating to Thriller with the lights dimmed, under a disco ball, with some sort of psychedelic lights flashing on the wall of the rink. I even remember a trip to Colorado Springs where I hung out with another kid, that I later played football against in high school, who wore parachute pants, the red Michael Jackson zipper jacket, and oh yes the glove.

I remember Michael belting out We Are The World with such high pitched power that I donated my green beans to Africa. I remember actually thinking there was nothing strange about Michael Jackson being alone with a female in a car at the beginning of the Thriller video. I also remember thinking the choreographed dance fight in Beat It seemed pretty...stupid actually.

But then things changed. Have we forgotten Micheal rearranging his face. Did anybody see the documentary that led to the child rape charges? Besides the sheer craziness of Michael's behavior he also had a painting of himself in one of Hillary Clinton's dresses!

Oh and along the way, he bleached his face, rearranged his nose, walked under a black umbrella everywhere he went, showed up to court in pajamas, settled numerous civil lawsuits alleging child molestation, fell into debt, slept in a special air chamber, bought the elephant man's bones, had a pet chimp, had Disney build rides at his home, married Elvis' daughter, divorced Elvis' daughter, either did or did not father two children, held one of his children from a balcony, walked around with a white scarf around his face, had some sort of bizarre relationship with Corey Feldman when he was a child actor, moved to the Middle East, was apparently addicted or abusing a drug used to put people under for surgery or to purposefully place a person in a coma, went broke, wore women's clothing, slept with children, was accused of giving alcohol to children, had a pet rat when he was a child, Pepsi set him on fire, he lived in a house called Neverland, uh slept with children, uh slept with children, uh slept with children, uh slept with children, uh slept with children, uh slept with children, uh slept with children....And people are acting like the greatest person ever died!

As an attorney, I've represented a few child molesters during my career. They all say the same thing Michael said in the infamous documentary..."I love them and I did not do anything wrong!"

Well, yes Michael, an adult man who preys upon children with cancer, then invites them to his house, feeds them cookies and hot chocolate, then has private sleep overs is doing something very wrong!

Michael Jackson should be remembered for his run in the 80s as the King of Pop. But he should forever be remembered as a pedophile who used his money and influence to commit heinous crimes against youth. He was a disgraceful human being and a mental deviant. That should be his epitaph. Oh and he could sing and shuffle his feet better than Mr. Bojangles. Good riddance.