The credibility of any information does not start and end with its source. Just because TS said it doesn't make it true.
QuoteAgreed. That is why I am giving five different reasons why MJ did not go to the hospital. Jermaine's clue/slip is only one of the five.
Jermaine's words can only be taken for what they're worth. Just because Jermaine (or LaToya or Joe or Paris) says something, doesn't make it true. He could well have been just dropping a rabbit hole. It's a popular theory, why not a false lead? It got attention, a lot of it. And who says the diagram of the hoax is out there in the media? Sounds like theatrics designed to draw attention, but false attention. You won't be spoon fed anything and Jermaine's fake slip up proves that. First of all, even if the escape theory were the truth, MJ would have left at least the night before if not day(s) before, not the day of 6/25/09 as the context of Jermaine's slip up suggests.
Quote from: TS_comments on November 28, 2011, 02:20:40 AM
Quote from: Adi on November 25, 2011, 05:36:40 PMThe house staff being told to leave before the ambulance makes me think there was something they weren't meant to see on that stretcher. They needed the least amount of people in the house before the stretcher left the house.
EXACTLY! It is coming together now, as I said it would. As soon as you realize that the things in the videos actually happened on 6-25-09, then the pieces start falling into place.
Exactly, lol.
Quote from: TS_comments on November 28, 2011, 02:20:40 AM
Quote from: GINAFELICIA on November 25, 2011, 05:41:06 PMHey, maybe that's why they waited for so long - 40 minutes - before the ambulance left Carlwood - because they waited all the staff to leave :shock: :shock:
BINGO!
Someone suggested that the staff were sent away, so they would not take pictures. Really? In a life-and-death emergency, you are going to WAIT until the staff leaves, before taking MJ to the hospital, JUST SO NOBODY GETS A PICTURE????? In other words, it's okay if MJ dies before we get him to the hospital, just so long as nobody gets a picture in the process!!!???!!!
Also, they could simply ask the staff not to take any pictures, and confiscate their camera/phone if they did. So I think that we can file this (staff sent away before bringing the body down) as another good evidence of the hoax. If MJ really died, this makes no sense.
Quote from: RK on November 26, 2011, 01:04:59 AMSo that gets rid of MJ in person on the stretcher.....
Yes, that is my third of five reasons why MJ did not go to the hospital.
Pardon me but, huh?? What is reason 3? Because the staff was sent home before the stretcher was brought down? #1 we only have a random media report that the staff was sent home. Kai did not confirm that she was sent home before the stretcher came down. #2 however, even if this report is true, it does not mean that MJ wasn't there and didn't go to UCLA in the ambulance, it just means that the priority at the house was minimal witnesses.
Quote from: TS_comments on November 28, 2011, 03:48:13 AMMy fourth point, on MJ not going to the hospital, is the testimony of Sharon Sidney. She is one of the "stalker" fans, who was at Carolwood day and night; and she was there when the ambulance went to UCLA. Ben talks about her, and you can even see a still shot of her face {see 1:15, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvr08oqpK44; compare http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBwcjfRkht0}.
Of course we could write this off by saying that she is in on the hoax, but why? Or if she is not in the hoax, why would she lie? This is not my only evidence; but it is one of them. And the testimony of people is usually considered acceptable evidence for court cases.
A casual fan might not be able to determine whether or not it was MJ on the stretcher; but she was no casual fan. Her purpose in following the ambulance to UCLA was to see what was or wasn't in the stretcher; so it would be very hard to say that she merely FORGOT whether or not she saw MJ on the stretcher—this would NOT be something that you might forget (such as the time of day).
"She says, there were strange cars at Michael Jackson's mansion on the night of June 24th. She felt that something covert was taking place. ... She tells of how, at the hospital, she spoke with paramedic Blount, and how they both agreed that the person that was wheeled into the hospital was not Michael Jackson. Sharon is adamant that the patient wheeled into the emergency room was much shorter than Michael. She was very upset that paramedic Blount told a completely different story when he testified for the prosecution and detailed how he and his partner handled Michael's resuscitation efforts at Carolwood."
{http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tanya-young-williams/michael-jackson-trial-dr-conrad-murray-week-2_b_1002886.html; http://www.michaeljacksonhoaxforum.com/smf2.0/index.php?topic=20842.0}.
The stalker fans make poor witnesses for detail because of their level of emotional trauma that day. She was looking at a body shape covered by a sheet being wisked past her... she may think she knows a lot about what she saw, but how much realistically could she have seen? Most likely she was just mistaken. Perhaps her perception was off. Perhaps she was just hysterical. Perhaps it was a combination of all 3. Who knows. A single witness isn't really credible considering her observation goes unsubstantiated. Not only unsubstantiated by Blout who never publically confirmed this story, but also by all the images we have from 6/25/09. The "body" has been described as a lot of things by us over the years, but never as being "too short". I don't really have to add that maybe she is just lying.
Quote from: TS_comments on November 28, 2011, 04:18:49 AM
Quote from: ~Souza~ on November 28, 2011, 03:08:33 AMI don't believe they would kill him according to this numerology, but I have never thought about the option of them trying after the world would already think he's dead. But that would mean AFTER he was pronounced dead.
No, they probably would not follow the 12:21 and 2:26; but we are NOT discussing here if the ACTUALLY got him (and since we have these numbers, then they did not get him). Instead, we are discussing how MJ would PLAN for things to go. They could take him out any time after the (supposedly) "not breathing" point in time, and the world would think that MJ was already dead (or very nearly so). The risk therefore did not start at 2:26, the risk started a couple of hours before that.
Also, I am not saying that MJ found out that they were planning to get him that day. Rather, I'm saying he knew that there was a general threat out there (and had been there for a long time); and IF someone in the hoax leaked his plans, it would be an unnecessary risk to go to the hospital (and also escape from the hospital, with a lot of people around--not all of whom you can trust).
Yes, there was also risk while getting away in a plane, and afterwards; but much less people needed to know about the specifics of the getaway, than the people in on the hoax. You can't eliminate all risks, but you can minimize them.
You say it would be an unnecessary risk to go the hospital, yet... the ambulance and
something did go to the hospital, and then
something did leave UCLA that day and it was written into the script for a reason. Considering this was a KEY action scene, again,
something had to make that trip. You say it would be difficult for MJ to escape. A body "escaped" wrapped in a sheet from the room via helicopter. Even if this is NOT MJ, MJ has been making it his business to "escape" from buildings and venues and events undetected his entire life. Avoiding the paps and the crowd is nothing new for MJ. Why would 6/25/09 be any different?
If we accept that the UCLA docs are in on it, the Paramedics are in on it, the Bodyguards are in on it, and the Coroner guys are in on it, MJ had all the cover and protection he needed to do this stunt wrapped in a sheet, it now seems, Carrolwood-->Coroner. Additionally, if you accept that the FBI is involved in some facet, you accept that those Helicopter guys are under orders to look the other way.
Quote from: TS_comments on November 28, 2011, 04:46:25 AMSome have said that the area was restricted, so they could control who came into the room. While that is true, regarding the public and certain hospital staff; it is hard to know in advance every staff person who might be there that day, with authority to enter a restricted area (or at least thinks that they have authority, and decides to go in and "help out"). Randy said that there was a "... flurry of activity going on behind this curtain in the E -- um, emergency room ..." {33:49, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDEdX5HlGDU}.
I do not know what lengths you would need to go to to ensure, in advance, that an ER scenario was 100% secure before attempting this hoax but that's one of those things that a movie production layperson and non-celebrity would never know. Like the legality questions, there's certain technical aspects to the hoax that I just have to trust the proper precautions have been taken. If you like, TS, you can count this as one strong piece of evidence that supports your theory simply because I do not have the expertise to say if it's possible or not. I do know that UCLA has wings of their ER that are available for shooting movies and TV in, and the LAFD and LAPD offer assistance in the form of props and vehicles for filming Hollywood productions, but that is all I can offer.
I might go back to the stretcher .gif again. I'll concede TS successfully showed an object which is probably legs on the far side of the stretcher but I don't agree this means MJ wasn't on the stretcher and I also don't agree that it means that is not MJ's ear-face-ear/ponytail that we see for 3 frames. I don't know if it's worth arguing anymore though, the hour is late.