Surfmeister Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Put him in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake-Fat Sunny Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 How would an inagural class be handled? Clearly you couldnt have someone be on the Wall of Fame and NOT be in the Hall of Fame, it just wouldnt make any sense. 402133[/snapback] Like life, there is no requirement that a Bills HOF make complete sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake-Fat Sunny Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Of course he goes in the Bills HOF. The Bills are not like a communist state where history is rewritten to edit out inconvenient facts and events. 403396[/snapback] Actually the Bills are a free market enterprise in a state which operates under a capitalist rather than a communist economic system. If Ralph makes a judgment as the sole owner of the Bills not to include OJ for whatever reason he chooses then OJ is not in and that is the rule and operation of our system even if it is incomvenient for some. The same is true if he is in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake-Fat Sunny Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 I agree with you but that's the system we have to go by. No matter how I personally feel about the decision, I accept that he was deemed innocent of the crime. I will allow him to continue to live his life (and steal cable ). Maybe this is very naive or idealist of me, but I just can't believe he could just walk around and be able to live a normal life if he really did this. But like I said, I think everyone will get what they deserved in the end. And while I won't call them idiots, those jurors are the people who ultimately have to live with their decisions for the rest of their lives. 403369[/snapback] Actually there are a couple of things about how this case was found in our system that seem to be incorrect in your post. First, he was found NOT GUILTY rather than being deemed innocent by our system. There is an important difference between these two findings. If he was in fact deemed innocent by our system then there could be no other legal finding against him for causing the deaths of these two people. He was "merely" found not guilty which in our system where the state bears the heavy burden of proof before it can take rights away for citizens or anyone subject to our rules the state cannot take action against him. However as he was clearly not deemed innocent he was subject to a private suit against him for wrongful death in causing the end of life for these two people. Dounle jeopardy prevemted the state from continuing to try him but this is America and anyone can sue anyone. In this case though he was found not guilty as the state did not prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt to a jury of his peers, he was found gulity of these two murdurs by a preponderence of the evidence in a legal proceeding. Flat-oy OJ is a murderer and has been founf to be so in court of law with him having full opportunity to mount a defense against these charges. In addition, to this regardless of what you and I think is right or wrong RWS owns 100% of the Bills and is completely within his rights to set the rules for entry by any standard he chooses (If he wants he can reject anyone with blonde hair, anyone taller than 5' 8'' likely leavimg Flutie as the only member, or anyone at all ho happened to kill their wife and a waiter). My guess is that it would be bad entertainment and he would lose a lot of money if he discrimanated against all blon players or tall people. However, of he chose to alienate all the double murderers I'm sure folks would likely understand that seeing too much (or any) of OJ just is not entertaining to many people and also would be an embaraasment to many of the folks he plans to honor to be included in a group with OJ even though they were both players. Consistency is not a requirement for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarthur31 Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 O.J. will be honored, and he deserves it- he was a cut above the rest. 402101[/snapback] Well, he certainly was a slasher. Who just couldn't be caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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