Name THIS IS IT - Does it point to oncoming death?

ishealive wrote:Welcome to our family

Great post btw, I believe in the PT Barnum theory and I think it's genius.

This part has bugged me since his announcement, when MJ says "it really means this is it, because..."
Why didn't he say why this will be it, because what????????

InPotencyToYourAct wrote:Hi sweet people!

I am absolutely new here. I have been thinking about the name THIS IS IT. Why to use this name?
The time has come (promotional poster, vid says: the time has come)... for THIS IS (IT).
This is it - could this mean: a) de/cea/sed; or b) diseased????
Look at this: this is = decease; this it = deceit

Maybe the time has come for DECEISE because of it had been planned? I would like to mention the Shickster´s (MJHD) note about the History tour starting with a spaceship and that says MJ-2040 which could mean June 25th 2009. Or is there a connection with Elvis? Remember: there was a prediction that MJ had only 6 months to live.

At the O2 press conference MJ (whether the real one or not) says: ...this will be end. This is it. When I say this is it, it really means this is it, because... And then: I´ll see you in July. My question is: which one July does he mean? July 2009? It was the memorial - maybe he was the blondy . Or does it mean July 2010? Because our friend P.T.Barnum was born on July 5th 1810 - so the next July it will be 200 years since he died.

I mean this may sound strange and feel free to laugh.
Sorry for my English.

Grace wrote:“THIS IS IT” may have a tight connection to P. T. Barnums "WHAT IS IT" (being the answer?)


http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA02/freed/Barnum/whatisitessay.html
Barnum’s “What Is It?” exhibit ...

Citing the link:
["ONE of Barnum's most manipulative uses of rhetoric occurs in the ambiguous language that used in the "What Is It?" advertising campaign. "It" was actually an African-American man named William Henry Johnson. Johnson was a selfmade freak, and according to speculation his mother sold him into show business at a young age."]

["By describing the exhibit in both human and animal terms "What Is It?" is exists in a liminal space that resists definite classification."]

Liminal – wandering between the worlds and realities. Gone or not gone, here or not here, alive or not alive – and no definite answer ever possible.
As a result: individuals drifting in between the one or the other side, in any case stuck emotionally, hooked onto the plot, case, story or whatever they name it.

ishealive wrote:Brilliant post Grace, I agree the media will look so stupid and they will be afraid to write anything about him again because peoples' eyes will be opened and will see how pathetic and toxic the media is.
It's a big FU to the media lol

Sweet1 wrote:I was so surprised to see the forth coming September 2009 issue of GQ with MJ on the cover from the eighties. It would have been better if they hadn't given him a tribute at all. It was a backhanded compliment. Some in the Music Industry were outraged. I was watching the Wendy Williams Show last night. I am going to get the magazine to see what their take on when they thought MJ was cool. She said the article was an interesting read. He was always cool as far as I am concerned. MJ was his own man and he did what most people were afraid to do. Exactly, what he wanted. He didn't care what people thought. Few people of that calibur exists in today's world. Keep the Faith!

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Sweet1 wrote:I will get it when it arrives here in my area. Thanks for your objective point of view. I just want to see why people got angry about it. Keep the Faith!

Sweet1 wrote:Well! we hadn't heard from MJ since he left the country in 2005. I do believe that he was working on his relationship with God and getting back in touch with his spirituality. The Kirk Franklin version does resemble aspects of what his life had been like. It was very turbulent and it seemed as though he thought he wasn't able to get back what he had before the allegations. It's unfortunate that he had to stage his death to finally see how much everyone loved and cared for him. We never stopped believing in him ever. We always saw the tabloids/media for who they were. We never bought into the lie. I am sure when he was living overseas he wasn't taking care of himself for doing another tour. He was caught up in the thought of performing again and after realizing that he would need more time he had to bail out. But when he bailed out he knew he had debt and he didn't want to leave that stigma on his children and family. I hope wherever he is he sees how much we all love him still and we miss him terribly. I guess that ole' saying is true. You don't miss your water til your well runs dry.