on 19-02-2013 10:39 PM
I'm surprised there's no thread already about this. Is it because it's not an Australian case?
on 15-09-2014 06:17 PM
Roses are red,
Violets are glorious,
Don't try to surprise
Oscar Pistorius.
on 15-09-2014 06:25 PM
When Oscar Pistorius said he wanted to be just like able bodied athletes, who knew he meant OJ Simpson?
on 16-09-2014 08:45 AM
Did anyone watch this last night?
16-09-2014 09:23 AM - edited 16-09-2014 09:23 AM
yes, I watched it Polksa, I still don't get how the judge ruled that 20 witnesses were either mistaken or not credible.
that girl was very lucky to get away from him imo
not so lucky was Reeva
on 16-09-2014 01:37 PM
@am*3 wrote:
July 2014
Dr. Jonathan Scholtz, a clinical psychologist, found no evidence that Pistorius had a history of 'abnormal aggression or explosive violence' but concluded he has a record of feeling insecure and vulnerable, particularly when he is without his prosthetic limbs, defense lawyer Barry Roux said.
Roux on Wednesday read excerpts from the report, which was compiled during a 30-day observation period at a state psychiatric hospital and included a report compiled by three psychiatrists.
The report said the double-amputee runner is suffering depression and post-traumatic stress disorder and 'his condition is likely to worsen' if professional treatment for those conditions is halted.
It also concluded that the Paralympian does not show narcissistic traits linked with violence towards women and 'rage-type' murders.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2677659/Oscar-Pistorius-arrives-court-agent-giving-evidence-...
Sounds about right, but people with an ax to grind who have never met him say he's a demon and sociopath.
Hard to know what to think...
on 16-09-2014 03:23 PM
what is YOUR opinion? me,i think they should have had several more psych opinions.
my personal thoughts are that it WAS deliberate.but i'm not the judge,nor am i familiar with the law where this happened.
sometimes laws DON'T bring justice.but i have more faith in the cops in my town than the vigilantes.
on 16-09-2014 03:39 PM
I am personally not interested in the psych report.
4 shots into a toilet where someone is hiding is going to kill or at least cause a hell of a lot of damage.
Whether he was knowingly shooting to kill Reeva or an imaginary intruder, he was shooting to kill.
Whether it was cold blooded then followed by a logie winning performance, rage, or mistaken identity , he killed someone.
He could have stood at the door, gun in hand and called out Reeva darling call the police I have an intruder trapped in the loo, and then to the intruder listen here fhead don't move I have a gun aimed right at you.
Then Reeva could have said, Oh Oscar my love, I am on the John don't shoot. Or she could have called the police, the "intruder' shat his draws and all would have ended nicely.
His intent was to kill and he carried out that intent.
jmo
on 16-09-2014 03:48 PM
Absolutely, Channy.
One thing I read is that he claimed (or his lawyers claimed) that if he had been meaning to kill, he would have shot higher ... but that doesn't work if the person he was aiming at was sitting down.
on 16-09-2014 03:55 PM
@katydidthat wrote:Absolutely, Channy.
One thing I read is that he claimed (or his lawyers claimed) that if he had been meaning to kill, he would have shot higher ... but that doesn't work if the person he was aiming at was sitting down.
He also would have only fired once in my opinion.
on 16-09-2014 04:17 PM
@sineaterdoodah wrote:what is YOUR opinion? me,i think they should have had several more psych opinions.
my personal thoughts are that it WAS deliberate.but i'm not the judge,nor am i familiar with the law where this happened.
sometimes laws DON'T bring justice.but i have more faith in the cops in my town than the vigilantes.
Agreeing that more psych opinions would have been nice, but they got quite a few, and from people who might have been better served personally by condemning him as a sociopath.
As far as the number of shots fired or angle of entry being an indicator of prior intent, one word: adrenaline.
The referenced ex-GF who was just interviewed?
She was paid to trash her ex, and she did her job.
I doubt there's any interest in hearing from the GFs who have nice things to say about him.
Too dull, and not what the blood-hungry mob wants to hear.
They want a monster, and woe to any who say he isn't one.
Basically, I think it's disablism at its scariest.
He's got no legs, so when our superficial admiration is stripped away, he's seen as a monster.
How little we've really evolved...