I guess he "beat it" after all...

The Jackson Trial is over. Thank goodness. Now maybe I can watch the news again without quite so much angst.

I don't know if I'm relieved or pissed that he was acquitted. There's obviously bad things going on in Neverland. Far too many people had that much to say at the very least to have me disbelieve them all. It irks me to no end that he'll walk away without being made to realize he's in need of some serious therapy and a restraining order to keep him from "playing" with kids anymore. Damnit.

On the other hand, if he had been found guilty, the gossip suggests he'd probably have committed suicide. Which would have left him with some measure of infamous popularity just from the act of killing himself. Some people would have jumped on the bandwagon of saying how "misunderstood" he really was and pumped up his image to "dead idol" status. Eeesh. That would have filled the news for at least a couple more weeks too. Major disasters would lose the limelight to the live "Jackson Funeral" coverage.

I just feel for those poor kids. No matter what they're the ones that have gotten the raw end of the deal.