Oscar Pistorius media circus joke of the century....

[vieome]

Me Wonders if Oscar, had shot a burglar behind a closed door, if people would of had the same argument when it comes to sentencing. Are we trying to fit a punishment suitable for the person that was killed, or for the crime?

Peter is driving to work listening to the trial on the radio, when his phone rings, as he answers the phone, in that small moment of distraction a drunken man steps in front of Peters car and is run over and dies.


....
Actually it was not a drunken man, but a school kid that steps in front of the car.

Cars kill people everyday.

[HR Solutions]

If you shoot a person thro a door you have broken the law - if you shoot a person in self defence then you should not be punished. If a burglar was behind the door surely you shout out and check first and perhaps even fire a warning shot and hide behind the wall and more so shout out to your girlfriend that just may be lying still in bed ...... Im sorry - 4 shots perfectly aimed thro a closed door ...... !!

[adrianh]

You never ever shoot unless you can identify your target. There is no excuse. Imagine if every soldier, policeman and ADT guard shoots people through doors because they "mistook" people behind doors for a burglars. Talk about a great excuse; wait till your buddy goes for a pee and then empty your clip through the door!

It doesn't matter whether the person behind the door was Reeva Steenkamp or a burglar, he should not have fired blindly through the door. The crime is simple and the punishment is simple.

[wynn]

TO RATS, BATS ARE ANGELS....and squirrels are poncy show offs

[adrianh]

TO RATS, BATS ARE ANGELS....

I really love that line, let me tell you why. If you want to succeed in business or politics you do not have to be perfect, all you need to do is to be an Angel to those whom you serve. So, we all know that JZ is a Bat, but we need to understand that he is an Angel to those who love him.

The message is really fundamental because the fact that people think that somebody is the most wonderful thing since sliced bread does not necessarily reflect that the person is an Angle but rather, more often than not, that the person is a Bat and that they are simply a bunch of Rats. this explains why "celebrities" make so much money....they are Angels to the Rats...

At the end of the day it all comes down to group perspectives and we need to know who the Rats and Bats are within each hierarchy.

[adrianh]

Guys,

You must all listen to 702 or Cape Talk right now to hear all the waffle before sentencing! 09:40

[AndyD]

I'm deliberately avoiding all media coverage because it makes me annoyed and wound up.

[adrianh]

I'll say this much, I've never heard people speak as much rubbish in my life. If I was the judge I would have told them to get to the point or shut up.