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Originally posted by Swamper I respect him for his music and his dancing and I've always been a fan of his ("Billie Jean" is one of my fave tracks ever). However, while I feel a bit sorry for the guy for his screwed-up upbringing I can't use that as an excuse to ignore what he has become... It's like he's trapped in some sort of arrested development where as an adult he's doing things he couldn't do as a kid - including - sexual exploration - and so in his warped mind all the stuff he does is 'ok'. I don't believe the stuff about using booze on the kids or whatever - but - who really knows? Either way, you would think the people around him would've told him to stop hanging out with kids long ago to avoid any of this - since it was bound to arise sooner or later. Then again, those around him are likely too afraid to speak out and get cut off from the payroll.

+1 - I think he's techincally guilty, but I think he does genuinely have the mindset of 10 year old at most