Oscar Pistorius trial commences in Pretoria, South Africa. Includes Court video.

[Anna]

  13/03/2013 

[Tim Invictus]

Thanks for posting links to the trial .... they are watched :)

[QC]

Just a point no one seems to have mentioned, she apparently locked the toilet door when she was inside, as they were the only people in the apartment why would she do that unless she was running away from him. 

[Myster]

Just a point no one seems to have mentioned, she apparently locked the toilet door when she was inside, as they were the only people in the apartment why would she do that unless she was running away from him.

Privacy.   No matter how beautiful women are it would be a let down for some to let anyone, including boyfriends, see them relieving themselves (to put it bluntly).

[a.baker]

Agreed! But how many of us take our mobile phones into the loo with us?

[John]

Privacy.   No matter how beautiful women are it would be a let down for some to let anyone, including boyfriends, see them relieving themselves (to put it bluntly).

Habit too, I always lock the door when in someone else's house.  As far as using a mobile in the toilet is concerned I have been known to moderate this forum using one from that very location on occasion.

[abs]

I hope Oscar Pistorius gets convicted of murder. This was a CRUEL murder, and I don´t buy his BS story for one second. Didn´t Reeva also have days old bruises on her?
Why didn´t Pistorius seek help for his obvious anger/insecurity issues? He was accustomed to rigorous training with personal trainers - psychological as well as physical training. The concept of working with your psyche cannot have been alien to him.
Incredibly I have heard people say that he should have special treatment in court because of his handicap. Not in my book. He was not that handicapped that he could not abuse other people and finally mercilessly and cruelly shoot his girlfriend. Was he a trainwreck waiting to happen?

[John]

I agree, the previous foolhardy incident in a crowded restaurant and the shooting of bullets out of a car sunroof reveals a very irresponsible individual who appears to have delighted in manipulating others.

[abs]

I agree, the previous foolhardy incident in a crowded restaurant and the shooting of bullets out of a car sunroof reveals a very irresponsible individual who appears to have delighted in manipulating others.

He asked a friend to "take the rap" for the restaurant incident - which the friend gladly did. Apparently some amount of "yes-people" around him.

[Anna]

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[Sherlock Holmes]

Habit too, I always lock the door when in someone else's house.  As far as using a mobile in the toilet is concerned I have been known to moderate this forum using one from that very location on occasion.

Thanks for that trade secret, John!

[Sherlock Holmes]

I hope Oscar Pistorius gets convicted of murder. This was a CRUEL murder, and I don´t buy his BS story for one second. Didn´t Reeva also have days old bruises on her?
Why didn´t Pistorius seek help for his obvious anger/insecurity issues? He was accustomed to rigorous training with personal trainers - psychological as well as physical training. The concept of working with your psyche cannot have been alien to him.
Incredibly I have heard people say that he should have special treatment in court because of his handicap. Not in my book. He was not that handicapped that he could not abuse other people and finally mercilessly and cruelly shoot his girlfriend. Was he a trainwreck waiting to happen?

He was absolutely a trainwreck waiting to happen.

It's a very interesting point you raise about the management of the anger problems in training.

Do you know anything about sports psychology? I would be intererested to know more about this aspect of his history.

Could it be - just of the top of my head as I am no expert - that his anger and his dark side in general was what pushed him to run? Therefore it was not a simple question of sending him on an anger management course or the like, or discussing this issue, as would be done with a person in more normal circumstances.

Take out the anger and you wouldn't have the athlete - in this particular case.

Just a thought.

[abs]

He was absolutely a trainwreck waiting to happen.

It's a very interesting point you raise about the management of the anger problems in training.

Do you know anything about sports psychology? I would be intererested to know more about this aspect of his history.

Could it be - just of the top of my head as I am no expert - that his anger and his dark side in general was what pushed him to run? Therefore it was not a simple question of sending him on an anger management course or the like, or discussing this issue, as would be done with a person in more normal circumstances.

Take out the anger and you wouldn't have the athlete - in this particular case.

Just a thought.

I agree - and have thought this too. Still, I wonder if that energy (rage) couldn´t have been channelled into something more positive than temper tantrums, random shootings, going off in people´s faces at the slightest "insult", possible spousal abuse (Reeva´s days old bruises) and finally murder.
The running is positive, all the other aspects are negative.
No, I don´t know anything about sports psychology other than I know they work in a goal oriented way with the athletes. One key word is COMPOSURE UNDER PRESSURE.
Can´t say that Oscar mastered that very well.....

[John]

Thanks for that trade secret, John!

You're welcome 

[Anna]

Session 3

Session 4 14 march

Session 1 & 2 are below