strangely, i agree with you for the most part^^^:wink:
(though i do believe the young poster you were responding to was correct about this line "It seems that some people have lost all sense of proportion over the man" )
obviously that is not to negate his impact artistically, but i believe that alot of the hysteria has been misplaced, considering that the "artist" that was Michael Jackson disappeared long ago (like 20 years) to be replaced by a broken, troubled and dysfunctional shell of a human, trying to be come to grips with lord knows how much hell he went through as a kid, combined with whatever his psychological problems were, and his addictions when factored it etc.
that obviously does not make Jackson unique, in that usually, when a very well known artist dies, they have long since ceased relevant artistic production. (be they actors, musicians, etc)
I think most of the hysteria is attached to losing what he was not what he is. (if that makes sense)