A Place of Safety
I expect simple behaviours here. Friendship, and love.
Any advice should be from the perspective of the person asking, not the person giving!
We have had to make new membership moderated to combat the huge number of spammers who register
















You are here: Home > Forum > A Place of Safety > General Talk > Oscar Pistorius - Will He Run Again..?
Oscar Pistorius - Will He Run Again..?  [message #68354] Tue, 04 March 2014 13:51 Go to next message
Michael-Kent Dobison is currently offline  Michael-Kent Dobison

Likes it here
Location: South Africa - Gauteng
Registered: January 2007
Messages: 309



Howdy All,

I hope that you are all keeping well and have had a good kick start to your 2014? ... Can't believe it is March already Smile and how time seems to fly by.

However on a not so entirely unrelated topic - I'm most curious to find out what the international perspective and opinion is on the Oscar Pistorius Murder Trial?

It has been a woeful year on the African continent and Globally since Oscar shot and killed his then Girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by proclamation of self-defence from a home intruder... But they will have you believe that not all is as it appears...

Less than two full days into the case, public opinion is diversely varied and people are already chomping at the bit for the 'truth' - which in my fervent opinion will only be available to us if Ms Reeva Steenkamp rises from the grave and sits in the witness booth herself.

With our attentions stretched thinly between Ukraine/Crimea Protests, Uganda/Nigeria/Zimbabwe/Russia and many others with the criminalization of homosexuality, North Korea launching missiles as a show of force and many more aspects of 'life-happening' - I'm hugely inquisitive to find out what you all think, feel and have to say on the topic of South Africa's 'Blade-Runner'?

I realize that this is not entirely appropriate material for the type of forum as it has very little ( but in honesty - Truly Nothing) to do with the plight of our homosexual brothers and sisters globally.
However I believe it gives us a very insightful and much broader view of how universal matters effect our psyche as a group rather than in an individual capacity.

I am very much in self agreement that my thoughts seem sketchy and scattered at best but hope that you understand and I truly look forward to reading your replies Smile

Best Wishes - Mike Smile

"HC SVNT DRACONES"


"And so the lion fell in love with the Lamb"
"What a stupid Lamb"
"What a sick, masochistic lion"
Re: Oscar Pistorius - Will He Run Again..?  [message #68355 is a reply to message #68354] Tue, 04 March 2014 16:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kitzyma is currently offline  Kitzyma

Likes it here

Registered: March 2012
Messages: 226



As you say, we would only know the truth if Reeva Steenkamp rose from the dead. And even then, Pistorius would probably say it's his word against hers.

A lot seems to depend on whether or not the witnesses who claim to have heard screams and gunshots are believed. If they're lying they must really hate him a lot.

To me, Pistorius'story just doesn't add up. He had time to get his gun but didn't check to see where Reeva was. With gun in hand he shot through the bathroom door without calling out to check who was inside. He could have called out to ask who was there - if the person inside hadn't responded or had tried to open the door before responding he would have had plenty of time to shoot before they opened the door and became a real danger to him.

If it wasn't murder it was at least gross negligence and he should be charged with manslaughter.

Also, I wonder how different things would be if Pistorius were black.
Re: Oscar Pistorius - Will He Run Again..?  [message #68356 is a reply to message #68354] Tue, 04 March 2014 22:29 Go to previous message
timmy

Has no life at all
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
Messages: 13767



I have no interest in it. I hope the South African justice system works fairly and is unprejudiced. I'm much more interested in LGBT rights than in a celebrity high profile athlete.


Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
Previous Topic: Unwanted Attention: I Feel Harassed
Next Topic: Room mate patrol!
Goto Forum:
  

[ Syndicate this forum (XML) ] [ RSS ]
We support Ukraine — Мы поддерживаем Украину — Ми підтримуємо Україну
We support Ukraine We support Ukraine We support Ukraine We support Ukraine
We support Ukraine — Мы поддерживаем Украину — Ми підтримуємо Україну

Please read our Copyright Statement, Disclaimer, and Privacy Policy , which opens in a new screen.
There are no age checks on this forum. If the law says you need (eg) parental consent to post here then you need that consent.
Frankly, we think such laws are silly. They do young people more harm than good. How can you possibly ask questions on a gay forum without coming out to your parents if you need consent?
So it is up to you. If you post here we assume that you are of legal age to do so or have consent if not, and we do not want to know any different
We treat everyone as having good sense and mature judgement.