The controversial O.J. Simpson tell-all If I Did It has gone onto the presses. Its publisher, Beaufort Books, has ordered a first run of 125,000 copies, and claims to have sold almost the entire run already.The idea of this book sickens me. I understand that, by court order, the proceeds will be awarded to the family of one of Simpson's victims, Ron Goldman. His family apparently believes that readers will see through the ruse of presenting the work as fiction, and take it as Simpson's confession.
Even if the profits are appropriately distributed, I don't think that justifies buying the work. I'm aghast to think anyone would spend a penny on this book. The mere existence of such a confession rubs our collective noses in the failure of our legal system, and the publicity surrounding its publishing is bound to benefit the author in some way. We all know what he did, and how he did it, and that he hasn't, and won't pay the price for his crime.
The best we can do now is turn our backs on him. Completely. Here's hoping Beaufort Books ends up with 125,000 remainders.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-29-2007 @ 4:48PM
Debra said...
I'm buying it, reading it and then burning it. No better way to spend a buck then to see a work meant to prosper a murderer turn and prosper the victims family.
8-30-2007 @ 1:36PM
Rick said...
Exsqueeze me?! "If" I Did It did he say. Everybody knows he did it. He got off because he had a jury of HIS peers (who threatened those jurors who wouldn't find him innocent), and a legal team that had their way with incompetent prosecutors, and a judge that didn't know how to conduct a proper trial. Remember the glove? Who would let anyone try on a leather glove over a rubber surgical glove? "If the glove don't fit, You must aquit!" What a miscarriage of justice.
8-29-2007 @ 5:54PM
injustice said...
White folks will never let this thing go. Someone needs to write a "We ALL did it" confession about lynching in America.
8-29-2007 @ 10:59PM
Rhonda said...
Wow...did I miss something ? Why does race have anything to do with this?
8-30-2007 @ 8:13AM
snake said...
"The best we can do now is turn our backs on him. Completely. Here's hoping Beaufort Books ends up with 125,000 remainders."...
Boy, ain't that the truth...
And to think that trees are killed to support such mental, literary garbage...At least toilet paper serves some kind of purpose...
If Beaufort Books recycles these books into toilet paper, then maybe I'll buy some...