From:    Thomas Izaguirre                       Area: Mundane
To:      Domi O'Brien                            2 Dec 96 23:38:00
Subject: O.J. Observation                       UpdReq 

TI>I know that this subject has been talked to 
TI>death, but something occurred
TI>to me that I could not help but voice:
TI>If this were six to ten years ago, what would be 
TI>the likelihood that Mr.
TI>Simpson would have blamed his wife and her 
TI>friend's murders on crazed
TI>Satanic cultists?
 DO> More like 25 to 30-- remember Manson?  And then the Jeffrey MacDonald 
 DO> case?
 DO> Domi
 DO>           
Yes, and Manson provided for nearly thirty years of unconstitutional paranoia 
courtesy of the prosecutor that put him behind bars.  He was merely one in 
yet a long string of charismatic madman who could persuade 
emotionally/mentally unstable misfits to do his bidding.  It set the 
precedent to regard all occult activity with suspicion (particularly around 
Orange County) and put meat on the table of Pat Robertson and company.
 Jeffrey MacDonald appended the "crazed Satanists" to his original cover story 
after he was visited by crackpot ex-FBI agent Ted Gunderson, who promised on 
national television eight years ago that he would provide irrefutable proof 
to back up MacDonald's version of events.  The proof never came and I haven't 
heard hide nor hair of Gundersonn since then.  However, MacDonald case is 
like O.J.'s in that it is a model of persistent denial to the point of 
near-delusional psychosis.  The fact of the matter is is that MacDonald was 
overprescribing for himself an anti-depressant medication which has since 
been banned by the FDA when it was discovered that long-term effects of using 
the drug including spontaneous episodes of violent psychosis.  O.J. did not 
need such a goad, the man was perfectly suited to violent outbursts.  The 
problem is is that it plays right into the hands of bigots who continue to 
paint black males as lascivious bogey men ready to pounce and violate white 
women.


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