MSMJFANFOREVER:
You said that you don't believe that passion/love for a person can be based on respect and admiration alone... Well, how about your passion for MJ, and that of thousands of women (and men) who were never intimate with MJ?! I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who'd marry Michael in a second (or would have) despite the fact that they haven't even met him!!
Call it inspiration, or meeting of minds/souls, or kindred spirits... There are emotional bonds that are incredibly deep, and go beyond love in the physical sense - especially when it comes to a deep-feeling and deep-thinking man like MJ. (He was no ordinary guy!)
The evidence (Michael's words, Diana's words, other insiders' words) is that the two of them had a very special relationship, but not a romantic/sexual relationship... (Despite MJ's infatuation.) And I personally think it's wrong and disrespectful to speculate wildly on this topic, and create stories around it. I think MJ has had enough of that from the media.
Look at this thread: It's gone way beyond stripping the lyrics of a song!