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...moderator used the Simpson trial to raise the issue of race relations and affirmative action in America...
Representative Robert Dornan of California referred to the O.J. Simpson trial as an example of the "advanced and accelerating moral decay" in America...
First, during the trial, O.J. emerged before many as a victim rather than the proven wife-beater he was and is. Admittedly, he was on trial for killing Nicole Brown Simpson and not for beating her, but we worry that his acquittal will help bury the disturbing issue of domestic violence. As one Harvard student remarked in his euphoria over the acquittal, "My first-born will be named O.J." That's not a legacy we want to see carried...
...crowd asked about how to deal with the Pope's visit and the O.J. Simpson media frenzy. "One polluted stream means more than all that," she said. The church setting amplified her shamanistic qualities making her performance a resurrection of sorts. The show was magical without being fanatic...
...Simpson, who before the trial did his best to insinuate himself into the predominantly white, rich community where he lives, has now become a symbol for the persecution of blacks. Although he grew up in a bad neighborhood in California and is familiar with racial inequality, he has never made any public efforts to represent the black struggle. He has tried to make the "problem of the color-line" not his problem...