Blade Runner mistakes girlfriend for Replicant, shoots and kills her

Charged with premeditated murder after reportedly shooting her through a bathroom door. And after the cops had been called to the house earlier that night.

http://deadspin.com/5984511/reports-police-were-called-to-oscar-pistoriuss-house-hours-before-the-shooting-reeva-steenkamp-was-shot-through-the-bathroom-door?popular=true

 

Goodbye intruder story.

 

What do people think of some of the tabloid fronts today, with huge photos of the victim posing in skimpy bikinis?

On one hand:

* That's how she made her name. She wasn't embarrassed about it in life, we shouldn't be afraid to use it in death.

On the other hand:

* Quite sensationalistic and in poor taste.

A lot has changed in American gender relations since the golden age of yellow journalism. What hasn't: The way we flip the fuck out when a hot white famous guy murders a hot white famous woman.

But are the tabs really wrong, in this case?

I can't decide.

 

If anyone here thinks SportsJournalists.com has the most cynical posters on the web, read this comment on the above story.

Madoffs Mets: I’m not buying his defense. Anyone who has ever been blown through a bathroom door before can tell you that the guy on the other side usually knows exactly what he’s doing.

 

Here are the tabs Dick is talking about. Nothing unexpected for any of them, really. I bet that had boners over the news.

http://jezebel.com/5984531/newspapers-report-that-awesome-athlete-oscar-pistorius-may-have-killed-some-hot-chick

 

I've got to admit I love the "Blade Gunner" headline. Daily News topped the Post on this one.

 

It is just me, or did the Post convict him?

 

I don't know, does slay mean deliberately kill or just kill? Because I don't know that anyone's disputing he killed her.

But, yes, that's probably over the top.

 

I'd have shot the bitch too if she kept calling me stumpy.

 

I think this Tweet (below) kind of nailed it.

Ellie Cumbo ‏@EllieCumbo
The Sun's family values: a woman is never too dead to be masturbation fodder...

 

He's sad she's dead. Gimme a break, if you're sad she is dead, you shouldn't have killed her.

 

It's important we not allow people to regret mistakes. When we throw them in prison, we must toss the key and hope they rot to death quickly with no second chances. If criminals have emotions, then everyone with emotions is a criminal.