Please don't pick and choose, remember an entire life.

Michael Jackson.

Yesterday and today are troubling me a bit. With the recent passing of Michael Jackson, generations of people are showing their love and warm memories of the man.

Which is a very genuine and sincere thing to feel. But what is a tad disturbing to me is when some people (No one in specific) say, "Let's remember him for his music!" or in the like.

To me, this is very ignorant and naive. How can we justifiably choose to only remember what we want? Are we that removed from reality now? I am not accusing Michael Jackson of his prior misgivings. I am not sure what happened during his sleep overs. Could of been completely innocent or very vile, I am not here to judge him.

I only ask that people stop choosing to only remember him as a musician. He was a man, and remember the life and all that happened in it. Because we can learn just as much from his mistakes and faults as we can from his cool beats and vocal stylings. This reminds me of a situation with professional Wrestler Chris Benoit, who killed his wife and autistic child a while back. The media lambasted him but the wrestling community only wanted to remember his work in ring.

But hopefully this trend doesn't continue.

What will happen when OJ dies? "OMG he was such a great running back!!! Lets remember him as an athlete and comedy spoof actor."

Or Phil Specter? "Yeah he may of shot a girl in cold blood, but dude he produced a BEATLES album."

Or Chris Brown? "Dude he danced really good!!! Who cares if Rhiana can't take a hit."

Or to the most extreme level, "Hitler was a moderately passable painter, so lets remember that."

Now I am not a stranger to death, I lost my mother close to a decade ago and I lost someone very close to me recently. Both women were very strong and filled with kindness in their hearts and I choose to remember their lives as a whole and not picking and choosing. In the long run you would just rob yourself of more learning experiences.

In closing, it is sad that the King of Pop has passed away at such a young. His entire life basically shown to the public through a lens. Do I wish he cleared up his name? Yes. Do I wish his looming comeback was successful and he made another great album? A resounding yes.

But we don't get that and now we have a tarnished legacy which should be remembered in its entirety.