Posted by Klavot on June 16, 2007, at 16:44:03
Is it ethical to listen to the music of Michael Jackson considering he may be a pedophile? I bought his 2001 album "Invincible" and it contains some great songs IMHO, yet I feel guilty for enjoying it. On the one hand, he was never convicted of pedophaelia, yet there is some pretty incriminating evidence against him. I feel almost dirty at the thought of possibly supporting a pedophile financially through buying his product. Should I simply separate the art from the artist? So there's this one song called "The Lost Children". The song seems perfectly innocent and clean, yet I cringe every time I hear Michael Jackson sing the word "children".
It reminds me somewhat of the situation post WW2 where some people boycotted German products even when those products were often times of superior quality.
Klavot
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