Will you buy/borrow OJ Simpsons book? Why or why not?

Question

Last month, a federal bankruptcy judge awarded rights to the book “If I Did it” to Fred Goldman’s family to help satisfy a $38 million wrongful death judgment against OJ Simpson. Beaufort, a small New York-based publisher, is reissuing “If I Did It” in October.

I believe that words should not be censored, so I am "ALL FOR" this new book. But at the same time it raises a moral issue.. that OJ Simpson is just laughing about what happened and trying to ca$h in on the whole ordeal. Eventhough it is going to be DISGUSTING, I think it should be published. Freedom of speech!?
Anyway I just wanted to see what you guys think. I might borrow the book and flip through it, but I certainly would never buy it!

Answer 1

Yes, we should defend the right to publish the book, although I question the decision to do it. It is, at the very least, in poor taste to publish a book with a title like this, that was written with the purpose of making money. I'm glad Mr. Simpson won't see any money from it, but he still wrote it for that reason, so I find it offensive.

I won't buy or borrow the book.

Answer 2

First I watch the entire trial and still don't know what happen that night. The cops said there was only ONE killer and one only, now moments after the murder OJ was on a plan with no time to do any thing so i ask myself and others where is the knife, clothes, shoes, they had half of the FBI looking for that stuff. that along with other things like blood on a gate that was not there months earlier leads me to believe the jury gave the right verdict. As far as the book, true crime stories have been around for years but a few months ago almost all America was against the book the TV interview any thing OJ now that the Goldman have the rights to the book it's "freedom of speech" maybe some day we will be able to face the race factor honestly.

Answer 3

Let's start by clearing the air - OJ won't make any money. A federal judge ruled that the Goldman family owns all rights to the book and the rights to OJ's likeness and appearances in/for the book and for any subsequent merchandising of the book. When the book was first supposed to come out I said I wouldn't buy it or read it. Now that the Goldman family has all the rights to the book and OJ won't be making a single penny off of any sales or merchandising, my morbid curiosity might get the best of me.

Answer 4

Yes i would buy it, but i would never read it. now that the rights of the book go to the goldmans, they get 17 cents (with is 90% of the profit because of lawyers) for each copy bought. this money is going to foundations to prevent this from happening again, and teaching others about how to get out of abusive relationships. i think it was sick for OJ simpson to write a book that matched all the evidence at the crime sceen pointing to him, and to profit from it. he has made at least 600,000$ for it already. he is making money for killing people...does that not sound evil to yall? anywho- although everyone here is talking about freedom of speech, this book has crossed the line. i think OJ is a phycopath and a sociopath, and should be loked away forever.

Answer 5

I won't buy it because I don't care about it. I believe he is a murderer (my IQ is higher than 70), and I'm glad the Goldmans will get some money from the sale of the book. I'm not curious at all. I also didn't pay much attention to the murder trial in 1994. It was the summer I graduated high school and I spent the time killing brain cells.

Answer 6

Freedom of speech is a good thing, so anyone can say whatever he/she wants.
The book itself - I won't read it. I think OJ is a mixture between an animal and a vegetable with a low IQ and aggressive behaviour. Imho - waste of time. Instead, I'll re-read Amos Tutuola or E. Thelwell or something else.

Answer 7

Aside from the obvious effect of the emotional harm to the victims' families, I feel the publishing of this book promotes OJ's psychotic belief that Nicole got what she deserved. My sadness and fear is that OJ's assertion that his abuse and eventual murder of her was justified will promote the belief that violence is acceptable. It is not. This book is not just a confession of how the murders happened, it is a finger-pointing at Nicole as someone who deserved to be abused and murdered, which is even more disgusting than just a description of the murder would be.

Answer 8

Freedom of speech is great. I would never deny it to anyone.

However, I intend to exercise my Freedom of choice and choose not to have anything to do with this book.

This may sound judgmental but in my opinion O.J. got away with murder and nobody is worth $38 million. And again in my opinion, these two cases illustrate at least 99% of what is wrong with our judicial system.

Since I have no power to make adjustments in the judicial system, I can only vote with my wallet and that vote will be "NO".

Answer 9

I really don't care to read this book. Like some others have said, it would be good to be able to donate to the Goldmans/Browns, but this is not the way to do it AND their lawyers will get the lion's share of the money.

I don't think that OJ did the murder himself, but I do believe he protected the real killer (his adult son). Unfortunately, since the police botched the investigation so badly, it will never be proven.

Answer 10

NO I will not touch it. It gives a platform to someone I consider an immoral opportunist. It does not matter who gets the money. A concept that few people want to deal with is that freedom should be in lockstep with responsibility.