I should not make light of this tragedy. A beautiful young woman, loved by many, is dead.
But her boyfriend’s excuses are just plain bullshit. That’s all I mean to say.
I was a bit surprised to see that Pistorius got bail, they say he is not a flight risk. Personally, if I was charged with murder and looking at life in prison, I’d try to make a run for it. He’s certainly got the motive to run. He’s also got the means.
There’s a consarned rabbit in that thar ding-danged bathroom, and Ima gonna blast him out!
He’s got money, he’s got friends and fans all over the world. He could probably whip up a fake ID and be out of the country by next week if he wanted to. I’m not actually predicting that. The South African judge probably would not have granted bail if he didn’t think the South African police were able to keep him from fleeing the country.
One factor cited is that he would be easy to spot, because of his prosthetics. I’m not so sure. If he’s wearing his regular artificial legs and not the blades, it actually looks pretty normal, I think.
There are a couple of factors that might prevent him from running. First, maybe they’ve got him on a shorter leash than it seems. Or, two, if he’s actually cocky enough to think he’s going to win at trial. And it is kind of looking like that now.
But, there’s the neighbor who heard screaming. And, there are the holes in the bathroom door. Let’s talk about these holes.
Pistorius said he heard what he thought was a burglar, grabbed his gun and went running to the toilet at the back of the flat, on his stumps. Now, why he thought somebody was trying to burgle his bathroom, I don’t know. Why he didn’t say “Don’t come out, burglar, I’ve got a gun!” and then phoned for help, I don’t know. I just can’t get over the image of him running down the hall on his stumps and shooting up at the door, like Yosemite Sam.
I think I am a bad person because that makes me laugh.
The prosecution is saying he took the time to put on his prosthetic legs before grabbing his gun and sauntering down the hall, and thus had time to think about what he was doing, which makes it premeditated murder.
So, is it cool, suave, ruthless Oscar or short, stubby legged, ridiculous Oscar? For the sake of keeping his sorry ass from going to jail for life, he has to hope the court sees him in the latter light. And, that’s gotta hurt.
But, speculation is futile, even if it is entertaining, and we will see what we see. I’m sure that door will be brought into the court room and analyzed. I’m also sure the neighbor will appear as a witness and it’s a pretty easy thing to check and see if he could have heard.
At least in this case, I am confident that the truth will come out.
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