{"id":8014,"date":"2005-06-28T16:31:06","date_gmt":"2005-06-28T23:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/06\/28\/grace-in-victory.html"},"modified":"2005-06-28T16:31:06","modified_gmt":"2005-06-28T23:31:06","slug":"grace_in_victor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/06\/28\/grace_in_victor.html","title":{"rendered":"Grace in victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Granted that once wouldn’t expect the King of Pop to quietly retire away, even for a while, from the public eye after his trial.<\/p>\n

You might even think that a certain amount of celebration and pleasure expressed at the not guilty plea might be in evidence on his Official Web Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But … um … Mr. Jackson, I knew the Berlin Wall, I grew up with the Berlin Wall, and your acquittal is not <\/em>the same as the fall of the Berlin Wall.<\/p>\n

Let alone the release of Nelson Mandela. <\/p>\n

Yeesh.<\/p>\n

(via Mr Irresponsible<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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