Albert Tatlock Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Who really cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Who really cares? Thread-stopper.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisenchuk Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 The expression on Steenkamp's mothers face has remained steely. Methinks her mind is made up. Spot on with that Declan, it's all about him. I can't help seeing a charade; the weeping, his whining falsetto.... I have a sneaking suspicion he'll walk. Er.... It's a miracle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 I have to say I am sick and tired of this trial being headline news day after day. It really shows the insidiousness of celebrity culture - and I suppose human psychology. The trial is for a crime which happens daily all over the world. The cruel mundanity of a partner killing someone who is meant to be their beloved is usually hidden in indifference as the police and court bureaucracy go about their work exposing the wounds left in the families affected. In this case though celebrity makes it headline news worldwide. What is it about humanity that we can be indifferent to 99.99% of cases like this, but then be captivated by autopsy reports and witness box snivelling when the perpetrator has been marked out as famous. This isn't news. Apart from for the families tragically affected there are no wider implications for what has happened, but we want to peer in and get the vicarious excitement of trying to understand what happened and why. It is psychology, not import, which makes us all voyeurs on the tragedy - and that is what the modern media just loves. I don't know, I would rather have this crime set in its proper context, and remain well away from the voyeurism. It is a few paragraphs of a court report, not something to hold the front page for as Oscar cries, and the mother collapses in grief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Spot on, hourly Sky news updates on the local radio station, time they gave it a rest quite frankly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 I just wish he'd stop crying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted April 12, 2014 Author Share Posted April 12, 2014 I just wish he'd stop crying It's the puking for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Spot on, hourly Sky news updates on the local radio station, time they gave it a rest quite frankly. So turn it off. You still have the choice. They're selling advertising on the back of representing this as a public spectacle. If you deliberately leave it turned on then it means you want more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Border Terrier Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 If Oscar Pistorius would have 'blacked up' his girlfriend with shoe polish before the shooting, he'd most probably have 'got away with it' in South Africa. But that's discrimination and certainly politically incorrect. I mean really, what would OP need with shoe polish. TBT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2thumbs Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Lovin' the sky news coverage can't wait for the next installment.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addie Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I read somewhere that he'd been receiving acting lessons in preparation for his time in the witness box. This can't be true, can it? Goodness knows what the correct outcome of this killing should be, but for the moment, I'm leaning towards him being guilty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I'm still waiting to find out if he was drunk or what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisenchuk Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 I'm still waiting to find out if he was drunk or what I've heard it said that those with hollow legs need a lot to get them drunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Cue Douglas Bader.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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