Why are people so quick to worship Michael Jackson but still Judge OJ Simpson?

I got to thinking last night...............

What defines someone as great? What makes a person a legend?

OJ Simpson in his own way was, note the word was--I didn't say 'is', a sports great, he did things that people didn't think he would ever do but then came the fateful day that his Nichole and Ron were murdered. He would face a double murder trial which he was acquitted of, yet to this day people still judge him and say he got away with double murder, to this day the speculations are there, even if he was acquitted.

Now look at Michael Jackson, he had talent, but he made a lot of critical mistakes with his actions, publicly. He faced child molestation charges, he too, was acquitted, but yet everyone says that his acquittal means he's innocent.

An acquittal doesn't mean innocent, it might mean innocent, OJ was circumstantial evidence, and there was no surefire way to link him to the crime. Remember the famous words, The glove doesn't fit, you must acquit?

Again with Michael Jackson, there was no real proof, he was found 'not guilty' on all charges, I often times wonder if the jury was tainted or paid off. From some of the comments I read and heard about in the news.......but an acquittal doesn't mean he wasn't guilty, it just means the defense gave enough reason to acquit him, that there wasn't enough proof.

I read an article about a journalist who spent time with Michael Jackson and with people in his tight inner circle, and he said Michael Jackson just didn't see anything wrong with sleeping with younger men....even though the rest of the world saw it, he was very 'child like' from what I read.

So what if he chose to live an alternative lifestyle, that isn't even my concern.

Many people look at his actions, how he portrayed himself in public and they don't see the same person that people are literally idolizing. They see someone who dangled a baby over a balcony, they see someone who 'MAY' have molested children in his own home, and that right there alone outweighs any good he did in my book.

His looks, his personal life was his business, I don't care how many surgeries he had, or what he was trying to achieve with those surgeries.

People say why would someone settle out of court for the child molestation charges, its not uncommon for celebrities to do so. They want to spare their image, avoid a trial, and spare a young person from the trauma of a trial. And maybe nothing happened but they shared a bed together, but maybe his lawyers were afraid that a jury would look at that as something might have happened.

Yes people were after him for his money, but.................I have to say right now you take 2 celebrities who were acquitted for charges that they were accused of, and you have 2 different beliefs............

So people who are skeptical of Michael Jackson and see his life overshadowed by mistakes he made are worse than people who still think OJ Simpson got away with murder?

I still don't think he deserves any 'king title', I won't worship hi, I won't Idolize him, and if people want to do so, they can, but I am an individual, but from my point I see a double standard set by society.....

So what defines a 'legend'?

Because you had 2 people that did 'great' things and made mistakes, both acquitted, one is considered a legend, the other one is a 'has been'.

Mooch