The Law is an Ass!

I think it was Will Shakespeare who said that, and frankly, if so, its probably one of the few things I agree with the Bard on.

Johnathon King, former pop mogul, pop singer, TV presenter, and now convicted pedopile, was released from jail today. He served three and a half years of a seven year sentence. What a joke when two young boys lives were devastated by the perversions of this man. He came out of prison today, declaring his innocence, which for victims of that type of crime specifically, is a nitemare all of its own. Going through the process of courts, and telling someone what happened to them, is a pecurliar type of torture all on its own. For them now, after three and a half years, hear this man step out of jail declaring his "innocence" and therefore implicating they are liars, has its own peculiar torment and a feeling of shame they do not deserve to have. This guy was met outside jail by the press, and given immediately back his celebrity status. he's even got a new CD just been finished and released. He was laughing, joking, saying he was convicted wrongly and completely innocent, making plans to get on with his life back in show business, and yet, what were his victims feeling/thinking at this spectacle of depravity?

This guy is given a better press and deal than Michael Jackson. Because this guy was popular, generally well-liked and thought of, and respected within the music industry and generally thought to be quite a decent, ordinary, normal guy. The guy was convicted, and yet the charges of Michael Jackson only have to reach their first whisper, and everyone is up in arms and hanging him out to dry, because he's Michael Jackson and the immediate picture that brings to mind, and not Johnathon King who was found guilty and convicted of these charges. Gary Glitter has been similarly convicted. He'll likely get much the same reception as Johnathon King, because tho a bit outlandish, and camp, hey it was the 70's he was big, and everyone loved to rock with Gary singing he was the leader of the gang.

Now don't get me wrong. I am not defending or saying I think Michael Jackson is innocent or guilty. What I do know, is in the worlds eyes, he's alot more guilty than these two guys who've been accused, tried and convicted, just by someone making the accusations. And that's unfair just by the very nature of it. I don't care if its Michael Jackson or Doris Day!

King told to "Shut up" |