After a deep and meaningful conversation with my sister the other day, I am in the middle of re-evaluating my opinion of Michael Jackson.

There was a documentary on a while back about people who had incredible talents but who were unable to interact socially on a ‘normal’ level. These people had an incredible development in the logic and perception side of the brain – the kind of people who could glance at a landscape then draw it with some accuracy later, or be given a date at any point in history and tell you instantly the week day it fell on… or for a familiar fictional example be able to instantly count the number of matches that have been spilled onto the floor… Despite these fascinating talents, these people found it very difficult if not impossible to relate to other human beings. The side of the brain that dealt with abstract thinking, relationships and other behaviour was seriously under-developed, they often occupied a world of their own, they found communication and emotions confusing and alien.

Some years ago, shortly after starting his solo career, Michael Jackson arrived for an interview with a leading journalist of the time. He did not once speak to the interviewer directly, but insisted that all questions should be directed to his PA who would then relay the question onto him and vice versa. Throughout the interview Michael Jackson held a telephone to his head as if he was on the phone, but it was not plugged in. This behaviour was labelled as typical of a star.
This is the sort of behaviour one would expect to see in a child, and would be forgiven. It is also the sort of behaviour one would expect from an Autistic person – someone who is unable to communicate normally. Autistic people are often labelled as having children’s minds – that they can count and add and run around, but are never ‘adult’ as they are unable to understand the kind of behaviour that is expected of a mature human and that is principally communication with others. Look at how MJ spends his money – on a huge house with a THEME PARK in the garden and a slight over-interest in kids. I do not believe that MJ is a paedophile, I think he has some sort of Autism (or another condition similar, I’m no neuro-scientist). Was he not famous, he would have been sectioned long ago – not as a paedophile but as a man unable to deal with the normal world – one who inhabits his own world and is left confused and angry when asked to behave as an adult. Blame it on his dad or whatever, but I think that is why there are such mixed feelings towards this man – because many of us realise that there is actually something WRONG with him.

Just a thought.