What would better explain Jackson's fascination with young boys than an obsession with innocence? 

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Even the most objectionable part of Michael Jackson’s adult life, a fascination with young boys—in which a desire to once again “have” their innocence seems to have culminated in taking it from them—the cruel irony of such a pattern would be only too familiar to any mental health professional who deals with people who have had their own innocence taken from them.

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