Hey, everybody, Happy Valentine’s Day.
Remember Oscar Pistorius, the South African sprinter and double-amputee who participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics and once beat a horse in a footrace? Yeah, he murdered his girlfriend today. As the story goes, he mistook her for a home invader and shot her. Uh, four times.
Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot inside his home in South Africa, a stunning development in the life of a national hero known as the Blade Runner for his high-tech artificial legs.
Reeva Steenkamp, a model who spoke out on Twitter against rape and abuse of women, was shot four times in the predawn hours in the house, in a gated community in the capital, Pretoria, police said. (via ESPN)
One of the worst things about the murder (you know, besides somebody being f**king murdered) is that Steenkamp’s last words to the Internet were cheeky affirmations of how awesome Valentine’s Day is and an Instagram about how you shouldn’t be violent towards women. Cajun touched on that on our main page earlier today.
I don’t really know what to say. It’s a tragedy. It’s stupid.
Because we are contractually obligated to never do Twitter Reacts! posts again, I decided to find 10 Huffington Post comments section comments that totally and unbelievably missed the point, each in their own special little way. Consider it a reference guide. If you’re about to type something about Oscar Pistorius that reads like one of the following comments, just backspace it until it is gone forever.
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That last comment is right. Eventually, probably, he will wish he hadn’t murdered his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day.
Condolences to every person or family affected by this.
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I don’t know what’s more disturbing about number 3, what it says or the fact that it looks as though it was written by a baby.
I’m pretty sure the last one was a joke, except he’s a sprinter, so it isn’t all that sensical.
My guess is that the point of including that comment is to tell us that if we’re going to make a joke, read the article first so we know if it will make sense.
At least we know he’s (puts on sunglasses) fully armed.
YEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
ok, that was terrible. sorry
I loved it.
Ah yes, the classic mom “too hot to be a murderer” comment. HVD, everyone.
“He’s too hot to be a murderer. ;)”
..I’m going to go lay down for a while. Good grief.
I wanted to make a joke here, but I think I’m just completely horrified. To think we have lasted this long as a speicies baffles me. Flying Spaghetti Monster help us all.
2013 has been off to a great start in regards to pissing on feel good stories from the 2012 sports year. I’m looking forward to the cops busting the meth lab that the US women’s gymnastics team is running.
Sentence him to four million laps.
I’m prettys ure the defense……Doesn’t have a leg to stand on.
YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Bravo!
He shot first like Han Solo shot first. Not like he’s a premature ejaculater.
Speaking as a stateside South African:
This news is difficult to fathom and stomach. Oscar has been such an incredible inspiration, and was definitely a shining example of what south africans aspire to be: able to surpass adversity, and represent the will and drive of the Rainbow Nation.
I will continue to follow the developments as objectively as possible. Suffice it to say that this news rocked every South African to their core, and will have lasting social impact in SA for years to come.
what an incredible waste of life.