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Message 2 of 50 (721058)
03-03-2014 11:11 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by mike the wiz
03-03-2014 10:50 AM


mike the wiz writes:
Can you think of anything inside a locked bathroom that would cause this, given that logically...
Black Mamba snake in toilet.

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Message 5 of 50 (721062)
03-03-2014 11:27 AM
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03-03-2014 11:16 AM


Since we are dealing with Africa, a poisonous snake or other indigenous creature in the bathroom could be possible.
She got up to take a tinkle. She saw the slithering beast and let out a blood curtleling scream.
He awakes in a panic and to save her he grabs his pistol and unloads into the locked closed door. Realizing after his sleepy stupor his mistake.

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Message 6 of 50 (721063)
03-03-2014 11:28 AM
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03-03-2014 11:22 AM


Blade runner. South African olympic bi-amputee track star.

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Message 23 of 50 (721191)
03-04-2014 6:13 PM
Reply to: Message 22 by Stile
03-04-2014 3:47 PM


Nah, it could of been one of them blokes with the keys stirring around. Creeping in the room in the dark, Reeva sees the dark shadow, screams and runs in the bathroom at the same time the real perp slips out. Mean while blade runner dons his legs grabs his gun in a half sleep stupor barrel rolls off the bed into a defensive crouch unloads his clip into the bathroom on the would be burgler, only to find in his horror his lady is not in bed.

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Message 27 of 50 (721226)
03-05-2014 11:09 AM
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03-04-2014 11:14 PM


Pressie writes:
Something doesn't add up in his story.
I agree. It doesn't look good for ol' Oscar. What a horrible crime to such a pretty lady.

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Message 28 of 50 (721446)
03-07-2014 10:00 AM
Reply to: Message 24 by Dogmafood
03-04-2014 10:38 PM


Re: Guilty or sick
Prototypical writes:
Under what circumstances would you fire a gun through a closed door in your own house without knowing where the rest of your family was?
Here a man shoots his brother while his bro was tryin to climp into the house. No charges were filed.
The guy is guilty in the first degree or suffering from paranoid delusions or steroid rage.
He definately seems to have a trigger happy way of dealing with his anger.

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Message 31 of 50 (739192)
10-21-2014 2:24 PM


Oscar gets a 5 year bit
So Mr. Pistorius gets leniency from the judge and sentenced to five years for manslaughter. He may do a year in house arrest.
Wow...just wow.
http://www.aol.com/...ts-serving-5-year-prison-term/20981655

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Message 33 of 50 (739198)
10-21-2014 2:57 PM
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10-21-2014 2:36 PM


Re: Oscar gets a 5 year bit
He blew her shit away.
A reasonable person would of known firing into the door of the bathroom would kill the person and he failed to take steps to prevent that.....O'raly??
How about he knew what he was doing when he grabbed his pistol.

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Message 35 of 50 (739204)
10-21-2014 3:58 PM
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10-21-2014 3:09 PM


Re: Oscar gets a 5 year bit
Well my comment was meant to indicate I think it was to light.
You state it is standard for this crime.
I still think it is to light. So there we are.
Do you think the punishment fits the crime in this case?

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Message 38 of 50 (739212)
10-21-2014 5:35 PM
Reply to: Message 36 by NoNukes
10-21-2014 4:37 PM


Re: Oscar gets a 5 year bit
Hi NoNukes,
NoNukes writes:
I think the sentence is appropriate based on what he was convicted for.
Perhaps, I just find it hard to believe he did not mean to kill her while he was firing into the door of that bathroom. I believe he is guilty of murder. He was lucky South Africa has a lenient judicial system in cases such as these. He is lucky he has the means for such a robust defense. He is lucky he did not commit this crime in Tejas.

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Message 39 of 50 (739213)
10-21-2014 5:39 PM
Reply to: Message 37 by Modulous
10-21-2014 4:49 PM


Re: Oscar gets a 5 year bit
Modulous writes:
I think its reasonable.
I appreciate your insight. He took the life of a young beautiful woman and I believe he did it on purpose. The prosecution did not prove their case and he is getting a slap on the wrist imo.
That said it is nothing compared to the OJ trial of which he was acquitted.
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Message 42 of 50 (739216)
10-21-2014 6:20 PM
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10-21-2014 6:06 PM


Modulous writes:
If it cannot be proved you committed a crime, you are not guilty.
Yes, legally. However one can still be still be guilty and be acquitted right?
Modulous writes:
would it have been as serious a crime if the victim was an ugly young man?
I thought you'd resist this.
Modulous writes:
Even so, I'm sure you'd agree that not sentencing someone who was not convicted is the way to go, right?
Yes.

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Message 48 of 50 (739716)
10-27-2014 11:13 AM
Reply to: Message 47 by mike the wiz
10-26-2014 5:14 PM


Re: Oscar gets a 5 year bit
Hello Mike,
I get the jist of what you are saying.
Just the other day I see a case on the boob tube about a Polo mogul/Tycoon from Miami who ran up a 300 dollar bar tab, inebriated gets into his 100k Bentley and smashs into a poor college student's Hyundai killing him.
He flees the scene of the crime possibly allowing the young man to drown and die. He claims he went to a buddys man cave and that is where he decided to consume mass amounts of booze. Before calling 911. He also claims his Bentley brakes failed.
Yah we will see how the jury finds this one.
It's not about what you know, but what you can prove.

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Message 50 of 50 (773516)
12-03-2015 10:28 AM


Back to the pokey?
Well it looks like blade runner may be getting a new set of black and whites.
South Africa's Supreme Court finds Oscar Pistorius guilty of murder

"You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end. Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative" William S. Burroughs

  
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