What to do when you suspect you have a burglar...

"Hello in there! I need you to say who you are, please. BTW, I have a loaded gun in my hand and if you come busting out of the bathroom, you are going to get several holes through you. Since I am NOT an idiot, I am not going to shoot through the door, since there is the real chance that you are my girlfriend. Just give me your name, nice and loud, then sit tight. If you are my girlfriend, no problem! If you are not my girlfriend, I am going to have to ask you to sit tight and wait for the cops to arrive."

Whoops, too late for that, Pistorius. Of course you probably were well aware that it was your girlfriend in there, so this is all academic. Personally, I think that if it was an honest mistake, so what? In that case you blew away your adored lover through sheer stupidity, and as far as I am concerned you still need to spend the rest of your life behind bars, because anyone that stupid cannot be trusted to interact with the human race.

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David K. Feb 19, 2013, 7:35pm UTC

A very bizarre, and sad, situation.

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Jim G. Feb 19, 2013, 8:36pm UTC

Stupidity is not a defense. My guess is he'll go for temporary insanity. Too bad for him that he's not a Wall St. banker.....

Chris Wiegard Feb 19, 2013, 8:46pm UTC

I see this as yet another "if I can't have you nobody will" moment. it is so tired, but insecure men just go on and on and on with that, the supply is just simply endless.....

Chris Wiegard Feb 19, 2013, 8:47pm UTC

And in some case there isn't even another guy involved,it is just imagination.

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Jim G. Feb 19, 2013, 8:53pm UTC

Trophy girlfriends can lead to paranoid jealousy. I guess I'm lucky that beautiful women aren't attracted to me, LOL.

Chris Wiegard Feb 20, 2013, 7:58am UTC

pistorius' claim that he did not know who was in the bathroom is also not believable, because neighbors have stated that they heard nonstop conversation in the apartment between 2 and 3 a.m. that morning.

Jim G. Feb 20, 2013, 9:12am UTC

The way I heard it, it was violent shouting. Apparently in S. Africa, trials are held by a judge with no jury.

Jim G. Feb 20, 2013, 9:15am UTC

I would think that it would be difficult to seat an impartial jury with this guy's notoriety

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Ishbel R. Feb 20, 2013, 8:50am UTC

Guns. In the home. Perhaps mental illness.

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Gerry Wass Feb 20, 2013, 1:44pm UTC

I'm wondering, as you may be Chris, whether or not this sad business shifts anything in the planetary consciousness of men. I don't know how women could become much more fearful of us than they already must be, with these sorts of events getting worldwide coverage.

Margaret Garside Feb 21, 2013, 4:05pm UTC

If men behaved with more goodwill (not to mention common sense) women wouldn't be so afraid.

It's not a good thing for half the species to be constantly on guard against the other half.

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