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Johnnie Cochran is dead!

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/29/cochran.obit/index.html

Oh Man! Now we'll never find the real killers! ;)

Johnnie Cochran is dead!

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/29/cochran.obit/index.html

Oh Man! Now we'll never find the real killers! ;)
I can't believe it.

Holy shit. And I thought it was a joke!

Holy shit. And I thought it was a joke!
As did I.

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Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

*does Chewbacca roar*

I'm going to his memorial carving tomorrow. People around the world that have a big influence on us in our neighborhood get a lot of recognition over here when they die. There's this huge wooden block near my friend's house where we carve their names. Last one we added was Yasser Arafat. Now we're going to add Johnnie to the list.

You see, there is a God. Thank God!

You see, there is a God. Thank God!
Wtf is that supposed to mean, tabarnak?

Wtf is that supposed to mean, tabarnak?
That old Johnnie wasn't that popular of a man in some circles?

Nooooo!

Now how is Saddam going to get outta prison?

J/K. But really, how can Johnny Cochran be dead? How!?!

Wtf is that supposed to mean, tabarnak?

I think it means that Satan has a new Lawyer.

That old Johnnie wasn't that popular of a man in some circles?
Well I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion but I've lost even more respect for WL.

There goes the undisputed best lawyer the world has ever seen. Now who will I hire when I'm rich and famous and I want to rob a bank in broad daylight and get away with it?

Nice, people, nice. Gloating over someone's death.

Real "Christian" of you.

Well I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion but I've lost even more respect for WL.

Wait, somebody actually respected him in the first place?

:D

Nice, people, nice. Gloating over someone's death.

Real "Christian" of you.

For the record, I wasn't gloating.

"We were praying for him then, and I still am," Simpson said.
Indeed. Best keep praying for him, OJ. The chance of any lawyer, let alone Cochran, getting into Heaven is pretty damn slight.
And I'm sure, after all the good you've done OJ, God will listen to your requests a bit more than other peoples.

Well I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion but I've lost even more respect for WL.
I think you'll find that your respect or lack of it carries very little importance on this forum.

I think you'll find that your respect or lack of it carries very little importance on this forum.
On or off this forum, respect is a factor. I see that many don't have respect for the dead and the courageous.

On or off this forum, respect is a factor. I see that many don't have respect for the dead and the courageous.
Courageous? He was a lawyer. That was the extent of his contribution to society. He didn't do anything that required any bravery on his part, the ultimate outcome of O.J.'s trial, and any other trial for that matter, didn't affect him in the slightest. And I don't respect people for dying, you'll find it's not all that hard to do.

On or off this forum, respect is a factor. I see that many don't have respect for the dead and the courageous.

If they lived a good life, I respect them. But just respecting someone because they're dead is bullsh*t. I should respect Hitler, Uday and Qusay Hussein, and Stalin because they're dead?

Oh, and I respect the courageous.

Courageous? He was a lawyer. That was the extent of his contribution to society.

That's actually a pretty big contribution.

That's actually a pretty big contribution.
By what standard? He did a job that he was paid for. Everyone has a job. Well, everyone respectable. Having a job doesn't entitle you to respect.

By what standard? He did a job that he was paid for. Everyone has a job. Well, everyone respectable. Having a job doesn't entitle you to respect.

Having a job where you defend those in need of defence is worthy of respect.

If they lived a good life, I respect them. But just respecting someone because they're dead is bullsh*t. I should respect Hitler, Uday and Qusay Hussein, and Stalin because they're dead?

Oh, and I respect the courageous.
As long as they're alive you don't need to respect them. I don't celebrate death. When a man, woman, or child dies, you never know what becomes of them in the next life, therefore I won't judge them after they're dead. I'll judge what they did when they were alive.

By what standard? He did a job that he was paid for. Everyone has a job. Well, everyone respectable. Having a job doesn't entitle you to respect.
If a politician commits an act of greatness, would you not respect him or what he did?

If a doctor performed a miracle and saved a life no one could save, would you not respect him or what he did?

A lawyer's job is to defend and uphold the law, is that not respectable?

Having a job where you defend those in need of defence is worthy of respect.

Much respect, at that.

Nice, people, nice. Gloating over someone's death. Real "Christian" of you.For the record, I wasn't gloating.

I agree that you were not, so the comment was not directed at you.

Others here clearly are gloating and it is despicable.

Whats Chewbacca gonna do now?

I agree that you were not, so the comment was not directed at you.

Others here clearly are gloating and it is despicable.

Do you hear that? It's the world's smallest violin playing a sad tune...

I am somehow... unmoved.

If a politician commits an act of greatness, would you not respect him or what he did?

If a doctor performed a miracle and saved a life no one could save, would you not respect him or what he did?

A lawyer's job is to defend and uphold the law, is that not respectable?
Are all these people being paid for what they do? They receive compensation in the form of money, rather than respect, for their work. He made a lucrative amount of money off his defense of O.J., who was guilty according to any reasonable person familiar with the case. The glove planted, with his blood? Please...Regardless, my dad is a lawyer, and I respect him not for what he does at work, but for what he does on his own time.

All I can say is;

Damn. He had the same birthday as me.

Johnnie Cochran is dead!

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/29/cochran.obit/index.html

Oh Man! Now we'll never find the real killers! ;)

Crime shame.

:x

Do you hear that? It's the world's smallest violin playing a sad tune...
And I'm playing funeral music on the world's smallest organ

And I'm playing funeral music on the world's smallest organ

You have the world's smallest organ?

You have the world's smallest organ?

Hush, child! Do not speak of it...

I agree that you were not, so the comment was not directed at you.

Others here clearly are gloating and it is despicable.

I was clearly gloating. Still am. :)

Johnny Cochran was so young, too. He was probably the greatest defense lawyer of our time, and I will surely miss him. My prayers are with his family.

Nice, people, nice. Gloating over someone's death.

Real "Christian" of you.

I'm happy. He turned the Simpson trial into a three-ring circus.

Excuse me for not being American, but how is just another dead body worthy of a thread? Is it because he was involved in some big cases?

Death is really nothing to talk about. Death just happens, deal with it children :p

Excuse me for not being American, but how is just another dead body worthy of a thread? Is it because he was involved in some big cases?

Death is really nothing to talk about. Death just happens, deal with it children :p

Aw, you're just upset because he's dead and Bush isn't. ;)

*does Chewbacca roar*



*stolen as of now by me*

Wait, somebody actually respected him in the first place?

:D
I did. He was a great lawyer and orator.

Johnny Cochran was so young, too. He was probably the greatest defense lawyer of our time, and I will surely miss him. My prayers are with his family.

Amen.

I did. He was a great lawyer and orator.

That shot was directed at Whispering Legs, if you bothered to read the quote.

"Greatest Defense Lawyer"? Yeah, if lying, cheating scum who knew their client was guilty and still set him free is your definition of a "Great Defense Lawyer". It's thanks to people like him and the ACLU that people have no respect for lawyers anymore.