# OJ Simpson guilty on all charges. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2008, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-guilty-on-all-charges/466425 "2008-10-04T07:01:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-guilty-on-all-charges/466425/41 "2008-10-06T14:13:59Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I heard this on the 6:00 morning news. I did my Nekkid Happy Dance through my apartment. > > I am so glad the Germans have a word for the concept of _schadenfreude_. Does any other language have a similar word or is it only those wacky Germans? ---
**Author:** ![Labor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Labor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labor)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-guilty-on-all-charges/466425/42 "2008-10-06T15:13:38Z")
What saddens me about this whole mess is that the fantastic talent of OJ the running back is not how he will be remembered. I remember him setting all sorts of records when I was a kid, he was fantastic. And now he’s hit bottom. Such a waste of incredible talent. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-guilty-on-all-charges/466425/43 "2008-10-06T15:16:29Z")
See that, victims of domestic abuse? The system works! ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-guilty-on-all-charges/466425/44 "2008-10-06T15:33:27Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Does any other language have a similar word or is it only those wacky Germans? Well, in English, if you use a sing-song-y voice, you could say: “Na na na na na na!” It just doesn’t have the panache of the word Schadenfreude. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-guilty-on-all-charges/466425/45 "2008-10-06T17:54:35Z")
English has a perfectly good word for it. Schadenfreude. What? It’s ours. We stole it good and proper. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-guilty-on-all-charges/466425/46 "2008-12-05T11:41:59Z")
[Today’s the day for OJ.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-simpsondec05,0,4717725.story) > [@](#): > > December 5, 2008 > > LAS VEGAS — The latest chapter of O.J. Simpson’s legal travails comes to a close Friday when he is sentenced for leading a ragtag band of hangers-on in the robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in a cramped Las Vegas hotel room. > > Simpson, 61, faces a possible sentence of life in prison after his conviction Oct. 3 of kidnapping and armed robbery, among other charges. The Heisman Trophy winner and NFL Hall of Fame running back is being held at the Clark County Detention Center. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-guilty-on-all-charges/466425/47 "2008-12-05T13:09:53Z")
OJ will probably get the “Standard” sentence, however long that is. This won’t prevent accusations of arbitrary and capricious sentencing (nothing ever prevents that) but it can be stated that OJ got what most everybody else gets in the same situation. ---
**Author:** ![criminey.jicket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@criminey.jicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminey.jicket)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-guilty-on-all-charges/466425/48 "2008-12-05T14:08:21Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > It just doesn’t have the panache of the word Schadenfreude. Sadly, neither does ‘neener neener neener’. ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-guilty-on-all-charges/466425/49 "2008-12-05T14:18:54Z")
How about Nelson Muntz’s “Ha Ha!” ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-guilty-on-all-charges/466425/50 "2008-12-05T16:13:10Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Does any other language have a similar word or is it only those wacky Germans? Finnish has “vahingonilo”, literally “glee over misfortune”. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-guilty-on-all-charges/466425/51 "2008-12-05T18:01:12Z")
Maybe I should ask this in GQ, but it’s a small, related question and probably has a quick answer. Are there any legal ramifications if OJ were to confess to killing his ex-wife and her friend? He’s been found not guilty in a court of law, and he can’t be tried again. What would the consequences be? ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-guilty-on-all-charges/466425/52 "2008-12-05T18:36:35Z")
Bizzarre. OJ says he didn’t mean to hurt anyone and he didn’t know what he did was illegal. Serious, he said that. Then his lawyer says he is remorseful. this is s stupid stupid man, folks. After getting away with murder he pulls this? If it were me I’d never so much as run a light for the rest of my life. well, if he gets the max at sentencing, OJ won’t be doing that anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-guilty-on-all-charges/466425/53 "2008-12-05T18:44:30Z")
[15 years](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/12/05/national/a100110S98.DTL). ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-guilty-on-all-charges/466425/54 "2008-12-05T23:10:00Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Does any other language have a similar word or is it only those wacky Germans? Swedish: _Skadeglädje_. ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-guilty-on-all-charges/466425/55 "2008-12-05T23:15:27Z")
Internet: _Lulz._ ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-guilty-on-all-charges/466425/56 "2008-12-06T00:46:10Z")
English: Schadenfreude. What? We stole it good and proper. It’s a perfect bookend with hubris. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-guilty-on-all-charges/466425.md?page=2)