Friday, January 11, 2008

Comeuppance?

There are people that have a certain mindset. They are called various things. Sociopath, psychopath, amoral, narcissist. There are degrees of the mindset of course. Without respect for the cause of the mindset, they have a common trait. To their mind, they are bulletproof.

I’ve spent too much of my life worrying about the consequences of my actions. If I say or do this, what will be said or done?

Bulletproof people don’t fear the consequences of their action for the most part. They need, they want, they’re mad, they act to scratch their mind’s itch. They don’t think about or worry about the consequences to others. They can’t fathom others telling them what they must do.

They are the Ted Bundy’s, the Charlie Manson’s.

And the man that caused me to post, the not yet, but maybe about to be punished, O.J. He’s about to have his bail revoked for having violated his bail by trying to contact a co-defendant.

The Judge at his bail hearing went out of his way to make clear that Simpson couldn’t go anywhere near a person connected with the case. So what did O.J. do? He left a co-defendant a threatening voicemail. Bulletproof. Judge said what? “Mother*)^I($ ain’t tellin’ me what to do.” A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday. My bet is that the Judge will be telling him what he’s going to be doing 24 hours a day until the trial starts.

7 comments:

Jeni said...

Uh, haven't we been down this road - or one very much like it -before with this dude? Didn't his ex-wife have a PFA on him? If so, we all know now how effective that was, don't we? Wasn't he out on bail when he took that nifty little joy ride down some California freeway with upteen police cars escorting him and if memory serves me correctly, didn't he have a gun in the SUV? Ya know, for a college graduate, he's not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed then is he? Definitely wasn't an Administration of Justice major I'm betting either, huh?

I'm hoping this time the judge will come to his senses, revoke bail, throw his behind where it belongs -in the pokie!

Minnesotablue said...

Theres something definitely wrong with that man. I mean besides being a wife killer. He is so darn narcissistic that he thinks the law only applies to mere mortals like us!

SonjaB said...

Of course he thinks he's bulletproof. He got away with double murder.

To him, this silly little robbery charge is nothing compared to that.

dr sardonicus said...

The bulletproof people never see the one that hits 'em.

fermicat said...

Sooner rather than later, OJ's increasingly haughty behavior is going to get him into trouble he cannot get out of, even with the best legal team on the planet. What is he thinking?

Keith said...

OJ has some screws loose that's for sure. Let's hope that justice prevails in this case since it did not in the last case.

Dave, I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on his murder trial. Since he was charged, and then found not guilty, but everyone else seems to think that he in fact was guilty, including myself, what say you? Being a lawyer and all...

Dave said...

O.J. is a bit of a lightning rod I guess. In response to Keith, two points.

One, he is "not guilty" of having killed his wife and Ron Goldman. I think the jury almost certainly got it wrong, but he was acquitted. That's the end of the matter from a criminal law point of view.

Two, the result is an amalgam of a poor prosecution, a stupid cop, now an "expert" on FOX - Mark Fuhrman (and a great cross examination by F. Lee Bailey) and a jury that made a lot of big mistakes.

I've already heard the legal spin starting: he was allowed through his lawyers and their investigators to have contact for defense of his case. The contact is being muddled to be an attempt to gain information by his defense team. Lawyers, got to love 'em.

Finally, Minnesotablue, welcome. I believe you lost your way here by way of Magnetbabe through Fermi, a good pedigree.