That world-famous video, which gained over 9 million views on YouTube and attention from Jason Calacanis of Weblogs Inc., was named the fifth top viral video of 2007 by Time Magazine. It was only six months ago that over 1,500 Philippine inmates in Cebu danced to Michael Jackson’s Thriller.

All I’m wondering about Time’s take on the video:

“Questions arose about whether the 1,500 Filipino jailhouse rockers were enjoying some well-choreographed creative expression or suffering abuse at the hands of prison officials with MTV aspirations.”

is whether or not getting people cooped up all day to dance is abuse.