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I Want to Tell You: My Response to Your Letters, Your Messages, Your Questions

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In reviewing this book, I am not going to get into matters of Simpson's guilt or innocence. I'm simply writing this review for those O.J. trial fans who might want to purchase it to get a different perspective on the crimes.

My opinion? You probably shouldn't bother. There are numerous books out there written by members of the Dream Team that can give you the perspective from the "he was innocent" camp. This book is merely O.J. trying to raise money for his defense (he admits it in the book). Because "I Want To Tell You" came out *before* the trial, there is really no information about the legal side of things or about the trial itself.

Also, since O.J. hadn't gone to trial yet, there was much he couldn't discuss on his lawyers' orders. So, you get watered-down protestations of innocence, but very little specific info.

Skip this book unless you want to hear O.J. protest (feebly) his innocence without any real arguments at all backing up his claims.

It causes educated people the world over no end of amusement at the power O.J. Simpson has over his fans. I recently bought this book for $2.98 at a local bookstore and when I finished it, three hours later, I felt I had paid too much. I have read every book published thus far on the Simpson case and I was hoping that in this self-promotional pamphlet I would find O.J. answering some of the difficult questions concerning his case. He did not. I stand speechless when I hear adult persons, people who can drive a car, and go on dates, and check out books from the library, adult persons say with a straight face that they know in their heart that O.J. is an innocent man. I think in the future this case will not be looked at as a courtroom travesty, nor will it be studied as a mirror of the racial climate in America. I sincerely believe that future sociologists will look at this case and attempt to figure out how America could have ANYONE with so little educational skills that they would believe that someone else was guilty for this crime. This book illustrates how easily people can be fooled when they think with their skin rather than with their brains. Let's throw I.Q. tests out the window. Let's do away with the S.A.T. and A.C.T. tests. Lets trash the College Board examinations and simply ask individuals: "Do you think O.J. is guilty or innocent." The answer that follows will REALLY reveal a person's educational abilities and previous attention to serious study and logical thought.

This book is clearly the most narcissistic piece of FICTION ever printed. The killer tells us about his glory days as a football player and his "wonderful" life with poor Nicole, conveniently omitting his no contest plea to spousal abuse and eschewing references to the 8 times Nicole called the police to settle their domestic disputes. But the most glaring omission in this trashy, exploitive book is a confession, a failure to spot the blood which will drip from his hands to the end of his offensive existence, and a complete blindness to his obvious guilt.

Absolutely, positively, 100% crap

This book is the self-serving creation of a narcissist. In light of the evidence that came out during both trials, the book is also an extended lie.

Anyone who considers this book to be an honest expose is as ignorant as the jury that acquitted Mr. Simpson. Indeed, according to a pre-trial questionnaire completed by the Simpson jurors, 75% of the Simpson jurors believed that a person is unlikely to commit murder if he excels at football.

The entire book is easily summed up with four words. "I didn't do it."

We all know that O.J. Simpson is 1000% guilty of this horrific double-murder and that he was able to buy justice thanks to his shameless "Dream Team" lawyers (or liars) and their utterly despicable tactics. Despite the countless lies found here, what I find most offensive, nasty and sickening is how Simpson refers to himself as being a "battered husband"--Say What???!!! Lies, more lies and nothing but big, nasty and fat lies.

A much more appropriate title for this book would have been "I Want To Tell You Lies", but author John Lane used it for a book he published several years ago. There will always be those persons who believe (or want to believe) in Simpson's innocence, but an even larger segment of the American populace remains unconvinced, and this book does nothing to dispel those doubts. The verdict in the criminal trial was highly questionable, and Mr. Simpson's behavior prior to his arrest raises even more doubts. To the devoted Simpson disciple, the fact that he was carrying a large amount of cash and a disguise means nothing; similarly, the suicide(?) note he wrote, his lengthy freeway excursion (while holding a gun to his head), his well-documented history of domestic violence, and the verdict in the civil trial are of no import. However, to the discerning reader, this book fails to establish anything more than that Mr. Simpson was seeking to bluff the public, while making a tidy profit along the way. For those who continue to idolize Simpson no matter what, this sad, sorry little collection of self-serving whinings will provide many hours of pure joy, but for those who are not doctrinaire Simpson groupies, this book will prove to be a waste of time and effort.

This book was an opportunity for O.J. Simpson to tell his side of the story; however, he failed to do so, instead dodging the real issues with all the finesse he displayed while dodging tacklers in the NFL. For all those devoted Simpson disciples who still think that good old O.J. is the reincarnation of St. Francis of Assisi, this horrible little book will probably be accepted as pure gospel. However, the discerning reader will soon discover that there is nothing worthwhile here, just a ridiculous conglomeration of self-centered blather about how poor O.J. is the real victim. To paraphrase an old TV ad, "O.J. Simpson has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A"! Absolutely, positively, 100% bogus!

I read I WANT TO TELL YOU BY O.J SIMPSON and all I have to say is that O.J needs to do is look at himslef for answers as to why he ended up where he did. It's a shame that NICCOLE could'nt be around to give her side of the story too.