Damn - just took so long composing a post that I had to log-in again and lost it all!
So I was going to say that this is not a TS bashing post, but just some observations and questions. I've posted here so's not to go off topic or clutter up other threads, although unfortunately I don't expect TS will read it tucked away here!
This is an old quote that brings up a couple of interesting points that seem relevant to many of the discussions around at the moment. It comes from TIAI revealed Part 6:
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Then what about the MJ "Return" to public view, when will that be? Well, the sad thing is that potentially he could've returned at Halloween; but we were not ready. We did not understand the NWO conspiracy aspect of the hoax, or the seriousness of it; in fact, the old MJHD was forbidding discussion on this subject! And just a few days later, it went down and was out for about a week. We simply were not ready for MJ to return yet; if he had, in all the excitement, people would've had little or no interest in studying into the NWO aspects of the hoax.
Since people were not ready for the MJ return at Halloween: immediately after the TII movie was released, TIAI was set up. The purpose of TIAI was (and still is) to give MJ fans, and especially hoax believers, a better understanding and bigger picture of the hoax and the reasons for it; this in turn would help prepare the way for the MJ "Return"!
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Bear in mind TS wrote this in December 2009! I wonder how relevant these old posts still are.
Did MJ really expect everyone who was going to 'get it' to have 'got it' in just 4 months? (I was still in accepting he was dead mode at this time, by the way!)
Was TS saying that MJ's return depends on us, and our understanding of his hoax?
The quote above implies that it's incorrect to say, as many do, that it's MJ's hoax, not ours. I'd say it very definitely is ours, we are a part of it, if his return depends on us. It's a safety net for him, and also an escape clause - if he changes his mind and decides not to come back then it's our own fault! I'm not sure how I feel about this! I've always thought we were just innocent bystanders - maybe we're not.
So if we do have influence, and we want to see MJ back, shouldn't we be taking TS's threads with open-minds and a willingness to further our understanding, regardless of any doubts or frustrations we may have with him? (Even trolls and troublemakers have come here with interesting ideas, worthy of consideration!)
I feel sorry for TS! He takes a lot of flack, but I think he is sympathetic to our frustrations even though he doesn't/cannot give explanations.
That was a shortened version of what I wanted to say!
I shall carry on watching and reading.