Thursday, February 14, 2013

Another tragic example of the 'empowering' effect of owning guns for self-defence

Unconfirmed media reports this morning are suggesting an unimaginable human tragedy - that legendary South African athlete Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead after mistaking her for an intruder.

If this turns out to be true, I await with baited breath Mr Kevin Baker's latest convoluted explanation of how, contrary to appearances, having a boyfriend who possessed guns for defensive purposes made Ms Steenkamp's life safer.

5 comments:

  1. I'm sure that there will be a perfectly simple explanation that, had she also had a gun, then the principle of mutually assured annihilation would have pertained.

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  2. It seems it's not true. He's been arrested and charged with murder. It appears they had been having rows.

    And "bated" is a contraction of "abated". There isn't an i in it.

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  3. Thankyou, Rolfe. Although I think on a point of principle I might leave the spelling mistake as it is. This is beginning to feel like Primary 6 all over again...

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  4. I knew waht you meant with baited James. Sometimes I think it's just plain snobbery to point out such trivial matters.

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  5. Pistorius,Tiger Woods,cricketers is a story 'From throne to the ground' due to various reasons they become zero from a hero.

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