mjscarousal said:

Of course there are MJ fan sites but if there are Prince fans who are ALSO fans of MJ (who want to talk about MJ) they should ALSO also be able to discuss and talk about MJ here without being censored (which is what has happened on this site)

Agreed, and I hope the fans can have better discussions by starting threads with a specific topic in mind. There really aren't many new threads on the org each day.

LBrent said:

but I never see the fans of any other artists except MJ fans attempt to take over this site,

That also doesn't happen here. That's all in your (or any threatened Prince fan's) mind.

And to the rest of your comment, 3 words:

Music: Non-Prince

It's not called Music: Non-Prince, but also not too much about Michael Jackson. So all your objections are totally invalid. People should be able to talk about whatever artist they want to talk about and if they want to talk about Michael, then people here should just act like grown ups and accept it, instead of imposing silly restrictions, just because they can't deal with the fact that people want to talk about the one guy, who was always pitted and regarded as the main rival and superior of Prince.

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PatrickS77 said:

People should be able to talk about whatever artist they want to talk about and if they want to talk about Michael, then people here should just act like grown ups and accept it, instead of imposing silly restrictions, just because they can't deal with the fact that people want to talk about the one guy, who was always pitted and regarded as the main rival and superior of Prince.

Um. Yeah. No.

The owner of this fansite has designated a specific area for that.

I was moseying around this P fan site and saw a conversation going on and contributed to it. I'm not the one who is restricted to a designated area. As a matter of fact, I've only ever noticed MJ fans being restricted in that way. Must be something in the water. Hmmm

I wasn't being rude and I wasn't talking about P, which since it is a fansite dedicated to showing appreciation for him, would be understandable but unecessary in that conversation.

Anyway, you're right...Not every thread has to be about a performer you like...especially on a fansite that wasn't dedicated to that performer.

Im glad, I dont like long long posts like that. What about if someone just wanted to talk about the creation of Baby Be Mine for example...it would get lost in the feed etc.

LBrent said:

PatrickS77 said:

People should be able to talk about whatever artist they want to talk about and if they want to talk about Michael, then people here should just act like grown ups and accept it, instead of imposing silly restrictions, just because they can't deal with the fact that people want to talk about the one guy, who was always pitted and regarded as the main rival and superior of Prince.

Um. Yeah. No.

The owner of this fansite has designated a specific area for that.

I was moseying around this P fan site and saw a conversation going on and contributed to it. I'm not the one who is restricted to a designated area. As a matter of fact, I've only ever noticed MJ fans being restricted in that way. Must be something in the water. Hmmm

I wasn't being rude and I wasn't talking about P, which since it is a fansite dedicated to showing appreciation for him, would be understandable but unecessary in that conversation.

Anyway, you're right...Not every thread has to be about a performer you like...especially on a fansite that wasn't dedicated to that performer.

THAT'S because of 2009 when This Is It was announced which was followed by his passing. This section got flooded by threads about him and the whole family, and not all were made by diehard MJ fans. Some threads about music, and some troll and really distasteful threads. The mods decided to regulate to one thread and here we are today.

I have never seen this pic before.....found it on twitter....thoses look like early Air Jordans?

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Very cool pic. I love the Liscense plates. GOAT - Greatest of All Time....very appropriate!

Goddess4Real said:

I have never seen this pic before.....found it on twitter....thoses look like early Air Jordans?

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Michael looks adorable, nice pic!

LBrent said:

Hudson said:

mjscarousal said:

Of course there are MJ fan sites but if there are Prince fans who are ALSO fans of MJ (who want to talk about MJ) they should ALSO also be able to discuss and talk about MJ here without being censored (which is what has happened on this site)

Agreed, and I hope the fans can have better discussions by starting threads with a specific topic in mind. There really aren't many new threads on the org each day.

I agree but we will see how this plays out. The Prince fans here are threatned by MJ so the sticky might be added again.

Goddess4Real said:

I have never seen this pic before.....found it on twitter....thoses look like early Air Jordans?

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see how photoshop can sway ...the original Air Jordans came out in late 1984/early 1985.

This picture was taken right in the heart of Thriller circa 1983

and no way did he have a license plate that said GOAT....that acronym didn't even exist then....

in the real authentic version of this same pic, Michael was wearing loafers like he always did during those years

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Scorp said:

Goddess4Real said:

I have never seen this pic before.....found it on twitter....thoses look like early Air Jordans?

[Edited 1/30/17 18:48pm]

see how photoshop can sway ...the original Air Jordans came out in late 1984/early 1985.

This picture was taken right in the heart of Thriller circa 1983

and no way did he have a license plate that said GOAT....that acronym didn't even exist then....

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Actually, I disagree. This picture looks like it's from 1985. Looks to be around Captain Eo.

Derek1984 said:

Scorp said:

see how photoshop can sway ...the original Air Jordans came out in late 1984/early 1985.

This picture was taken right in the heart of Thriller circa 1983

and no way did he have a license plate that said GOAT....that acronym didn't even exist then....

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Actually, I disagree. This picture looks like it's from 1985. Looks to be around Captain Eo.

I've seen this pic like ten thousand times and nobody was driving around w/a license plate that said GOAT, that's a sports acronym that didn't really kick off until NFL legend Jerry Rice retired in the early 2000s......

MJ was sporting loafers like he always did during those years....

Scorp said:

Derek1984 said:

Actually, I disagree. This picture looks like it's from 1985. Looks to be around Captain Eo.

I've seen this pic like ten thousand times and nobody was driving around w/a license plate that said GOAT, that's a sports acronym that didn't really kick off until NFL legend Jerry Rice retired in the early 2000s......

MJ was sporting loafers like he always did during those years....

The license plate looks photoshop. But that does look like Hayvenhurst behind him and the face looks like 1985 to me.

Derek1984 said:

Scorp said:

Derek1984 said:

The license plate looks photoshop. But that does look like Hayvenhurst behind him and the face looks like 1985 to me.

The actual picture itself is real That license plate and those shoes are photoshopped like no tomorrow After MJ participated in the We Are The World project in 1985, we rarely saw any pictures of Michael that year

Busy recording demos for BAD, plastic surgery, and it made sense to limit his expsosure considering how over exposed he was during the Thriller era.

Derek1984 said:

If my memory serves me the expression GOAT originated with Earl Manigault. A New York playground legend who many felt was the best basketball player of all time, but sadly he never got to the NBA. However I don't think it was capitalized. He was just "The Goat" but it ment the Greatest of All Time.

It was said he was better than Doctor J and his best years were in the 1960s. So the expression was around for a while and of course Muhammed Ali would repeatedly refer to himself as such from the 50s but it seems the capitalization started later when his wife copywrited it for liscensing purposes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/..._Manigault

DonRants said:

Scorp said:

Derek1984 said:

The license plate looks photoshop. But that does look like Hayvenhurst behind him and the face looks like 1985 to me.

The actual picture itself is real That license plate and those shoes are photoshopped like no tomorrow After MJ participated in the We Are The World project in 1985, we rarely saw any pictures of Michael that year

Dang it looked real to me

Goddess4Real said:

Scorp said:

Derek1984 said: The actual picture itself is real That license plate and those shoes are photoshopped like no tomorrow After MJ participated in the We Are The World project in 1985, we rarely saw any pictures of Michael that year

Dang it looked real to me

I know lollllllll.....

I'll find the real authentic version of this pic w/out any photoshop touchups and post it when I can

Goddess4Real said:

Scorp said:

Derek1984 said: The actual picture itself is real That license plate and those shoes are photoshopped like no tomorrow After MJ participated in the We Are The World project in 1985, we rarely saw any pictures of Michael that year

Dang it looked real to me

bboy87 said:

Scorp said:

Now that picture makes MJ look different... Maybe it is 1983/84

Derek1984 said:

Now that picture makes MJ look different... Maybe it is 1983/84

yeah.....lollll

this real of the real picture was taken during the heart of the Thriller years

big difference between fact and fiction

that means whoever doctored this picture up, probably drew allot of attention to themselves and in the processs swayed many into believing something that was real but distorted.

Thus creating the illusion

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if this thread is a fair representation of the depth of discourse in the former sticky, i can kind of see why it was deleted...

Anyway to get a date on this Pic? My guess is 86. This actually looks post Captain EO to me.