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The Jackson media circus

Pop singer Michael Jackson has been charged with several counts of sexual misconduct towards children, and recently he was arrested and allowed out on his own recognizance. This week he reported to court for arraignment. The result was the same as if they held a rock concert at the court. Huge throngs of people, many of them with placards that said that he was innocent of any charges, lined his pathway to the court building. When he left, the throngs had to be pushed out of the way by police to allow Michael Jackson through. This was a media circus, and it received far more press than would be warranted in this case.

On 2004 February 13, Michael Jackson will be coming up to court again. And probably the same media circus will be there. Will they be charging admission to this circus? Most circuses that I know of charge admission.

These circuses are ominiculous. They tell me that the Third Turning is still with us. The breakdown of societal norms is still going on. People are having a huge conniption about sexual "predators" (as though they were lions or something) preying on children, but when an actual apparent instance such as Michael Jackson appears, they cheer for him. First we go one way and then another. And much of it is media hype, which thrives on Third Turnings.

To me Planeattack on 2001 September 11 was a False Turning. It looked like a Fourth Turning, but it is clear that the Third Turning is still with us. The Fourth Turning will not be with us until a societal attack is made on media hype.