Oscar Pistorius
17 February 2013, 08:58 PM
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That reminds me, I met a girl at a club the other night and she told me she’d show me a good time.
When we got outside, she ran 100m in 9.69 seconds.
Wtf is that all about
When we got outside, she ran 100m in 9.69 seconds.
Wtf is that all about
19 February 2013, 07:39 PM
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20 February 2013, 07:17 PM
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Can you imagine getting out of bed strapping on your legs, whist not even glimpsing the shape next to you
Then seeing a light on in the john, reaching for your tools and deciding there's an intruder taking a dump and best shot him away
Bloody unlucky, im not saying he didn't make a mistake -. but just crazy eh
Then seeing a light on in the john, reaching for your tools and deciding there's an intruder taking a dump and best shot him away
Bloody unlucky, im not saying he didn't make a mistake -. but just crazy eh
21 February 2013, 08:28 AM
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Can you imagine getting out of bed strapping on your legs, whist not even glimpsing the shape next to you
Then seeing a light on in the john, reaching for your tools and deciding there's an intruder taking a dump and best shot him away
Bloody unlucky, im not saying he didn't make a mistake -. but just crazy eh
Then seeing a light on in the john, reaching for your tools and deciding there's an intruder taking a dump and best shot him away
Bloody unlucky, im not saying he didn't make a mistake -. but just crazy eh
Sounds unlikely to me as I would have expected him to give a warning before firing but it is a different world and only time will tell (if ever)what happened.
21 February 2013, 10:08 AM
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Why would, even if they could get over the walls and past gate man, assailant be cowering in the loo
And wouldn't his first reaction be enquire where his women was first
And wouldn't his first reaction be enquire where his women was first
21 February 2013, 12:17 PM
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And a gaffe like his must have had a decent alarm system and, I would have thought, a few hungry guard dogs.
He could well become the O J Simpson of South Africa.
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He could well become the O J Simpson of South Africa.
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21 February 2013, 12:29 PM
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Look at the layout of his room/house. It seems soooo unlikely that an intruder would sneak past sleeping occupant to go into an ensuite bathroom and then into a tiny toilet cubical closing the door behind him. Even in the 'heat of the moment' I can't so how anyone could ever expect to find anyone other than their partner/spouse in there.
Factor in that they were heard arguing, that he shot downwards to try and make it 'look' like he was shooting from a lower height (i.e. on his stumps), that he made no attempt to turn on a light or make a warning, and that he didn't call from one of 4 mobiles for help. It seems pretty clear what happened to me.
Factor in that they were heard arguing, that he shot downwards to try and make it 'look' like he was shooting from a lower height (i.e. on his stumps), that he made no attempt to turn on a light or make a warning, and that he didn't call from one of 4 mobiles for help. It seems pretty clear what happened to me.
21 February 2013, 01:25 PM
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I don't disagree with any of the above BUT......
We don't know all the facts yet, there has NOT been a trial just some partial detail played out with loads of press speculation.
We can't just assume someone is guilty based on this.
My gut feel is he did it but how do we know he shot downwards to make it look like he was shooting from a lower height based on what we have heard? Etc etc
God help us all if we are faced with any sort of trial.
We don't know all the facts yet, there has NOT been a trial just some partial detail played out with loads of press speculation.
We can't just assume someone is guilty based on this.
My gut feel is he did it but how do we know he shot downwards to make it look like he was shooting from a lower height based on what we have heard? Etc etc
God help us all if we are faced with any sort of trial.
21 February 2013, 01:56 PM
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Read something on BBC news website about angle of bullets through the wood. I agree, lots of facts still to emerge. However, it certainly doesn't look good and I really struggle to see how his story (even if he can prove every fact of it) is justification for what he did.
You don't just unload rounds into a tiny ensuite bathroom in the dark in the middle of the night without there being more than a good chance that it's your wife/gf as opposed to a random intruder with a toilet bowl fetish. I know it's not the UK, but I still feel that shooting unprovoked into a tiny room blind when you know a human is in there is intent to kill and surely that, if nothing else, is a crime in any country?
You don't just unload rounds into a tiny ensuite bathroom in the dark in the middle of the night without there being more than a good chance that it's your wife/gf as opposed to a random intruder with a toilet bowl fetish. I know it's not the UK, but I still feel that shooting unprovoked into a tiny room blind when you know a human is in there is intent to kill and surely that, if nothing else, is a crime in any country?
21 February 2013, 02:01 PM
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Read something on BBC news website about angle of bullets through the wood. I agree, lots of facts still to emerge. However, it certainly doesn't look good and I really struggle to see how his story (even if he can prove every fact of it) is justification for what he did.
You don't just unload rounds into a tiny ensuite bathroom in the dark in the middle of the night without there being more than a good chance that it's your wife/gf as opposed to a random intruder with a toilet bowl fetish. I know it's not the UK, but I still feel that shooting unprovoked into a tiny room blind when you know a human is in there is intent to kill and surely that, if nothing else, is a crime in any country?
You don't just unload rounds into a tiny ensuite bathroom in the dark in the middle of the night without there being more than a good chance that it's your wife/gf as opposed to a random intruder with a toilet bowl fetish. I know it's not the UK, but I still feel that shooting unprovoked into a tiny room blind when you know a human is in there is intent to kill and surely that, if nothing else, is a crime in any country?
he seems a bit trigger happy
22 February 2013, 03:20 PM
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Yep he's left the windows open all night with a loaded gun under his pillow got up cos he heard a sound, innocently shooting somebody offering no resistance stone cold dead
22 February 2013, 04:56 PM
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Maybe he did 
You heard the evidence to make a judgement either way or just going on the half baked detail we have heard so far?
FWIW, I do think he is guilty but we are too quick to judge based on half the facts
You heard the evidence to make a judgement either way or just going on the half baked detail we have heard so far?
FWIW, I do think he is guilty but we are too quick to judge based on half the facts
22 February 2013, 05:23 PM
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I've stayed in people's houses in Pretoria as a mate of mine got married there. Living in fear is just the way it is out there, the family pet is a pitbull, the gardens have barbed wire, even in the gated communities, there are armed private guards in mini outhouses dotted around the housing estates, it's like a peacetime warzone. People live in constant fear that they will be robbed/raped/murdered even in their own homes, so it's not that surprising that he is trigger happy.
22 February 2013, 05:43 PM
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Because most of it isn't quite like that.!?!
It's also an amazing mix of people's and cultures,a very young country full of hope, breathtaking scenery and of course where we all come from ultimately
It's also an amazing mix of people's and cultures,a very young country full of hope, breathtaking scenery and of course where we all come from ultimately
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22 February 2013, 07:14 PM
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I've stayed in people's houses in Pretoria as a mate of mine got married there. Living in fear is just the way it is out there, the family pet is a pitbull, the gardens have barbed wire, even in the gated communities, there are armed private guards in mini outhouses dotted around the housing estates, it's like a peacetime warzone. People live in constant fear that they will be robbed/raped/murdered even in their own homes, so it's not that surprising that he is trigger happy.
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I've stayed in people's houses in Pretoria as a mate of mine got married there. Living in fear is just the way it is out there, the family pet is a pitbull, the gardens have barbed wire, even in the gated communities, there are armed private guards in mini outhouses dotted around the housing estates, it's like a peacetime warzone. People live in constant fear that they will be robbed/raped/murdered even in their own homes, so it's not that surprising that he is trigger happy.
24 February 2013, 02:46 PM
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i swear this is true. when the story broke a few weeks back we were on a break in work and i was reading the story in the paper, so i said to the young guy who works for me "i see that bladerunner guy is getting done for murder" "who? harrison ford?" we were all rolling on the floor lol.