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Honestly – it's the pedophilia that keeps me from mourning too heavily for him.

But I don't see how it's childish to mourn a man that people enjoyed and respected, even if they never met him.

I mourned the loss of Milton Friedman, even though I had never met him. there are some people whose work had an impact on our lives, whether it was artistic or intellectual; and I think it isn't fair to call us "self-indulgent" or "flamboyant" when we feel their loss.

I didn't care much about Michael Jackson one way or the other, but know a lot of people who grew up listening to his music who were down about his passing. And I don't respect them any less for it.

But my wrath is more aimed at the agenda-setters in the media who are too lazy to make any real decision about how to size up Jackson's importance, and are instead providing a positive feedback mechanism to overinflate Jackson's legacy.

Yes, he is iconic, but he is not more important than the dozens of other stories his passing sucked the oxygen and attention from.

As Albom put it — what happened overnight? Four days ago, he was a freak and a punchline; now he's some saint?

Strawman. Find me someone who says that he is "some saint" and we can talk. The people I know who have mourned him don't deny that he ended up being a freakshow; his death just reminded them of all the stuff they'd liked about him growing up and so they took the time to reminisce.

Sorry, but as annoying as you guys may find it that people devote so much attention to a topic you take no interest in, I find it much more annoying that you're getting self-righteous about it.

I very much agree with this.

Also, why do we mourn Michael Jackson and not all of the other people involved in the division of labor who enhance our lives? Wasn't the "I, Toaster" post less than a week ago?

I'm just posing the question, I wonder what people think of that discrepancy.

The answer, of course, is that there is no "we".

Care or don't, and rest assured that I agree 100% with your greater point, but this was not just any celebrity death. This was a, if not even THE, biggie.

Michael Jackson produced entertainment – and he was leaps and bounds more productive at that than most other people in that market. So in that sense, people mourning is very much in the vein of the "I, Toaster" post.

Nevertheless – I disagree with that basic premise anyway. Since when does the primary way that people "enhance our lives" have anything to do with what their market participation. The beauty of the market is that it can enhance our lives from forces completely derived from self-interest. But that doesn't mean we have to mourn for people who were inadvertantly benefiting us in an attempt to benefit themselves.

Ronald Reagan is a grate example – I went to the Capitol to see him lie in state. You don't stand in line on the Mall for 8 hours to see a man that wasn't even appearing in public anymore by the time I was old enough to know who he was because of "childish hysteria" to use Don's words. You do it because he was a great man – and it's possible to recognize the greatness of certain individuals without forfeiting personal liberty.

Again – not to say that I had the same reaction to Jackson, but I see where people are coming from.

I was raked over the coals for even suggesting there was anything aberrant about Jackson. I was accused of "hatin'" on Michael, and accused of being racist because I didn't have handy things to say about Farrah Fawcett (who, as far as I can tell, died of cancer and not an overdose of painkillers administered by a doctor to overcome the agony of years of failed plastic surgeries.)

I have my own beef with trending topics on Twitter, but I know there is no agenda there — it's just the masses at work.

My beef is with the editorial decision-makers at the networks, who inundated us with information, but provided no illumination. You'd think he was a pope or something.

What exactly did you say that sparked said coal-raking?

Every piece of coverage I've seen contrast his music with the problems later in life.

I do have to say your comment about editorial decisions made me think of this recent webcomic