[kj] Celtic fan vs Dida attack

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

No, *you* can't say that the OJ murder was sports-related, and neither 
does the media, for the most part; but a murder trial such as the Phil 
Spector thing could also be portrayed by the media as not-music-related, 
but it isn't -- all that is discussed in media reports about Phil 
Spector's trial is the music industry, in this sort of Hollywood 
Babylon/look-at-this-screwball-decadent-culture way.

Now, OJ breaking into a room with armed thugs in Las Vegas -- that is 
absolutely sports related. He wanted memorabilia, even stuff that had to 
do with Tony Montana and not him. And yet even though that vicious act 
was *uncontroversially* sports related, the media still do not 
constantly refer to how sports are dangerous and breed this kind of 
shady stuff, the way the media would if a musician had done this, 
especially if it was a rapper, but also if it was someone in a punk band 
(whatever that is anymore).

-Oliver


Flight Bringer wrote:

> Well Oliver , some untoward things do happen in sport, although you 

> cannot realistically say that the OJ murder was sports related ,