OJ Simpson's New Book/Interview

[Rutabaga]

This just makes me so ill, I don't know what to say. :shakefist

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15723351/

[Jedi Master Carr]

Makes me want to puke. I have no intention on watching it.

[Darth McBain]

Right there with ya - this is sickening... OJ, you're a poor excuse for a human being...

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I heard about this on the radio today. Absolutely horrible - a new low for American culture. Whats worse is that some companies will be buying commercial time for during the 'special' and basically financing a murderer. Oh come on, you know he did it.

Anyway, even if he DIDn't do it (unlikely), to exploit and profit from the deaths of two people is inhuman. :shakefist Won't be watching, and I'll be trying to find out what companies are going to be sponsoring it so I can boycott them.

[Khendon Sevon]

Look, we're talking about it and his book.

That's exactly what he wanted.

Controversy sells.

[Byl Laprovik]

I'm buying it for sure.

You never know when you'll need to kill somebody and get away with it :)

[Park Kraken]

I don't see why everyone is so mad here. Deaths are exploited all the time, by a lot of people. Take for example the mother who took advantage of her son dying in Iraq to parade around and grab the spotlight while protesting against Bush. Take for example, any single political official who used the deaths of American servicemen in their campaigning to gain a seat in office. It's a lot more common that people think.

In this case however, it's pretty disgusting.

[Khendon Sevon]

I don't see why everyone is so mad here.

...

In this case however, it's pretty disgusting.

*cough cough*

:)

[Ryan Pode]

If the glove don't fit, you must acquit.

[Park Kraken]

I'm going to rename myself Mr. Contradiction.

However, another interesting point. Has OJ said what he plans to do with the money that he will get from the book? If he uses it to support surviving relatives, then this sham will not be as bad as it appears.

[Ryan Pode]

I'm going to rename myself Mr. Contradiction.

However, another interesting point. Has OJ said what he plans to do with the money that he will get from the book? If he uses it to support surviving relatives, then this sham will not be as bad as it appears.

He needs the money to support himself, considering all the money that he gave them from the civil suite.

[JMK]

Figures that a network like FOX would be airing this. Anyone who watches FOX news should keep in mind that this is the same network that sees it fit to put this on television.

The whole idea is revolting and reprehensible. Apparently the whole thing was cooked up by Simpson himself, and there were some people willing to pay, and listen.

O.J. needs money. He can't get tried again for these murders...so why not basically confess and get paid huge money?

See you in hell O.J.

[Figrin D'an]

Any money that OJ generates from this book and interview is going to be targeted by the court to go to the families of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman. OJ has paid very little of the $30 million dollars he was originally supposed to when he was found liable in civil court. The court can, if it chooses, get a warrant to seize the earnings on behalf of the victim's families.

It's jail time from which he's basically immune. He can't be tried again for criminal murder because of double jeopardy, and he can't even be brought up on perjury charges from his testemony in the civil case because this book and interview are told from a 'hypothetical' point of view.


His publisher is just as reprehensible as he his.

[JMK]

His publisher is just as reprehensible as he his.

Without a doubt.

In fact, the publisher is quoted as saying "I consider this his confession".

Well congrats Mr. Publisher. I hope your integrity as a professional remains intact after this. Way to make murdering, and getting away with it a fashionable way to get paid.

[JMK]

Here's Jim Rome's take on the topic. He hates O.J. more than anyone on the planet, but he sums up exactly how I feel about the issue:


His publisher, Judith Regan said, “This is a historic case and I consider this his confession.” Historic? The only thing historic about this is the historic lapse in judgment, humanity and all common decency on your part. What’s historic, is the depths you’ll sink to to make a buck. I’ll tell you what’s historic, my disgust and disdain for this entire debacle. And if you buy that book, while I wouldn’t say you’re as bad as he is, I will say you have some serious problems. How would you like to be Fred Goldman? The Juice probably took his son, in the most horrific fashion imaginable, got away with it, paid no penalty, trips around the country playing golf showing no remorse or contrition and now is going to show up on TV, gloat about it and get paid millions of bucks. You could give me a million years and I still couldn’t fathom how Goldman must feel. And that’s why I really don’t have a problem when he refers to Oadge as a, “murdering SOB”. I don’t know about you, but I’m o.k. with that.

[Terran Starek]

Wow.

The days are evil, that's for sure.

[Yog]

Thats really a disgusting PR stunt / money scheme of OJ..

On a similar note, one of the convicts of Norway's most infamous murder case (the Orderud triple murder) "Veronica Orderud" was on the radio recently for an interview. She made a PR stunt saying "if you don't listen to the show, I will murder you!". Apparently, she thought this would be funny thing to say. And as for the radio show itself, she giggled and made jokes all the way through the interview, as it was some kind of a humor show, totally oblivious to how everyone knows she is guilty as hell.

[Rutabaga]

I also have to echo a thought that more than one person has voiced in some of the reports on this I've seen....

What do OJ's kids think about this? Doesn't he even care that he's writing a book about the murder of their mother??? :shakefist

[JMK]

Sanity prevails, though it smacks of "Well if no one is going to watch/read, we're not going to do it" before "We're not doing this because we think it's wrong".

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=242559&GT1=7703

[Park Kraken]

Do you think it will be about six months or a year before they release the taped interviews in an exclusive special of some sort? Either way, this isn't the end of it, not with it being Fox.

[Miranda Tarkin]

Sigh, well at least someone got hit with the common sense bat and pulled this crap off the market. Hopefully it will stay buried but I tend to doubt it :\

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Yeah I heard that it was being pulled, and all I can say is thank God. :)

[Byl Laprovik]

Damn it. I really wanted to buy it.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

You make up about .0000000001% of the people they wanted to sell it to, and the other 99.99999999% said HELL NO. ;)