Done with the Akon thing

Posted by Karel Mc Intosh
April 24, 2007
I’ve deleted the post about the indecent dance between Akon and the 15-year-old girl, which has garnered this site at least 4,840 hits in just one week. Now one would think that I’d be ecstatic over this jump in readership. I’m not. This was really an experiment that proves to me that people will always have a hunger for gossip, and I’m not judging that.
What caused me to delete it is the comments that were left on this blog, which were over judgemental and disrespectful. Does calling someone a whore, dissing their family (whether the accusations are true or not), and using expletives to talk about them make you any better than the person who did wrong? Do you even have the right to say whether they’re going to heaven or not? I think not.
Admittedly, the young lady has placed herself in this position. However, it is not my duty or any other person’s duty to pass judgement on her or to keep rubbing salt into her wounds, and yes she has wounds. Anyone would be mortified if their wrongdoings and personal life have been splashed all over front pages and the Internet. I mean, even the Prime Minister comments on it.
And for all of those who keep saying oh she’s a pastor’s daughter so she should do no wrong, or that she initiated her troubles. To those who want act all righteous and to term themselves, judge, jury and executioner - and yes someone went under that pseudonym on the now deleted comments for that post - remember that Jesus had mercy on many a heathen.
So chill out, and leave the girl alone. Trust me, she has more than enough floods to deal with now. And yes the world will go on. People will go back to dancing to their favourite Akon song, buy his CDs, request his songs on BET and MTV, and he’ll be raking in the millions, as he continues his one mission, to smack that.
Back to regular programming…
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Comments

Gossip will always be the number one story. Other people wrong doings will always be the topic that gets everyone talking. It just can’t be help. Good for you for deleting the article.

BTW, I finally got my blog up and wanted to know if you can add me to your link. Check it out its
http://www.voteforchangetnt.blogspot.com
You can only get it through IE search engine and not google. I am new at this, still trying to figure out how to leave my comment as a blogger.

Comment by D Trini in Me on April 24, 2007 @ 5:21 pm

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Comment by CHARMINGBOY on April 24, 2007 @ 11:43 pm

Trini… to put a comment as a blogger, just look to the end of the message box where you write your comment, it will give you the option to click the Blogger identity, then you put in your username and password.

Yeah, I decided pulling it was best. However, people are still sending nasty comments about the young girl and her father, which I really can’t understand since she has not personally injured them.

Ah well, I’ll check out your blog. Welcome to the blogosphere.

Comment by Karel Mc Intosh on April 25, 2007 @ 6:49 am

Let the healing begin! She’s human

Comment by Amanda on April 26, 2007 @ 11:08 am

i’m sorry i missed your thoughts on the incident. too bad you got all those crazy comments

Comment by Jdid on April 26, 2007 @ 12:05 pm

Ms. McIntosh,

No woman places herself in a position to get assaulted. This was an disgusting act of violence with no justification. It doesn’t matter what she was wearing or how old she was. She was thrown and dragged across the stage against her will. There is no excuse for what happened to her.

It is unfortunate that you received those nasty comments. But this isn’t about gossip. This is about violence against women caught on video.

Comment by Bianca Reagan on April 27, 2007 @ 11:40 pm
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