Comments on: When OJ Dies Are We Going To Think About Him As A Great Running Back?

By: Kobie

Kobie — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:52:59 +0000

I don’t think too many people are really mourning the passing of Michael Jackson the man (?), but rather Michael Jackson the icon. He defined a generation in a way that O.J. Simpson never could.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:56:53 +0000

The real question is when will people get over that whole Holocaust/WWII thing and embrace Hitler the artist?

(Godwinned in 6.)

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:34:40 +0000

Death has almost always absolved people of their sins. When was the last time you attended a funeral of someone that no one really liked, did you hear a single bad thing about them? Not likely. I’m an asshole and if I were to die tomorrow no one whould say shit about it, I’d suddenly be Saint Jeremy.

I’m not gonna mind this phenommena once I’m dead but till then it’s bullshit.

By: David

David — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:37:18 +0000

While none of the grandparents, aunts or uncles are fit to be the childrens’ custodian, Michael wasn’t a model of parental responsibility. Those kids are destined to be screwed up with freaky crazy no matter with whom they live.

By: Meghan

Meghan — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:10:10 +0000

And Yes, I hope OJs death involves a Naked Gun like fight scene where he battles the ‘real killer’ at a fancy party…they will both get poked in the eyes, land on top of one another in a suggestive pose, and he will eventually suffocate after landing in a giant cake face first.

Or he’ll get popped by a hooker after a bad deal on Hollywood Blvd. Either or.

By: Meghan

Meghan — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:01:13 +0000

I think it is coming around to that conclusion. He was this, sold that, carried crazy well and got away with it. Initial shock and awe is over.

In the end they’re all just a True Hollywood Story anyway. And both MJ and OJ already had one of those.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:53:59 +0000

There is one distinction between the two, although it is slight, really. With OJ, he was acquitted of any CRIMINAL activity, but a jury found him liable for the wrongful deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. One jury said they had doubts, the other one indicated that they didn’t and ordered Simpson to pay damages to the families. It wasn’t prison, but it was a finding of liability. With Jackson, there wasn’t that finding by a jury. All there was is one jury who acquitted. It doesn’t change the fact that he paid millions and millions of dollars to children who spent time at his ranch, but there was no official finding on the record. Still, though, they were, I believe, both criminals. For me, though, I think it is possible to mourn the passing of what once was at some point in the past, versus what was at the time of his death and for many, I believe that is what is happening. I could be wrong.