I question, on a what-does-it-say-about-us-on-a-cultural level, whether MJ's death should be the kind of event like 9/11 that slows the internet, but that's a different thread all together. I've got nothing against him, certainly, but it's weird that a pure pop star celebrity has turned out to be as significant in death to us as he has.
Even with the "slow" internet, information still got around a lot faster than I think it would have pre-net, and that's kind of the amazing part about it. How quickly after 911 was called did you know about Michael's collapse?
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