O.J.'s defense attorney said:

"In Mr. Simpson's mind . . . what he was doing truly was a retrieval of his own property. What it was, was a highly emotional, stupid act that violated the law. Stupidity is not criminality."  No shit!  Did this guy need a law degree to figure that one out?   Stupid thinking is not against the law, but when stupid thinking results in criminal behavior, the punishment is justly earned.

I'm sure when he committed double homicide,  OJ believed in his mind that he was simply retrieving his own property.  It's the same neanderthal mentality that's on display when the first words out of a client's mouth to a provider is: "Take off your clothes.  I wanna see what I bought."

There continues to be a blind adulation of sports and other media heroes that implicitly validates this kind of ugly behavior.  Look no further than all the delicately worded attempts that were initially heard  to dismiss Plaxico Burress' arrogant disregard for anything or anyone outside the orbit of his personal ego.