edit - A "Zombie Stopper" is a hollow point round, one that shatters upon impact. Non-lethal rounds tend to go straight through, & even the occassional headshot is survivable. Not often with a hollow point. There's no head left.
That footage is exactly what I'm talking about, a desensitivisation to violence & violent weapons, because it's directed at, without meaning to mince my words in any way, blacks. Black criminals, animals... It's about dehumanising - edit over
I think also being more familiar with the macho SA male culture, the white, inbred, continuing fear of a genuine, violent black revolution, coupled with a gun culture in a country with huge disparity between rich & poor, makes me more likely to empathise. I grew up around guns & basically what I'm saying is, in a culture such as that, this sort of thing is probably on a par with a household assault in a fire-arms free society such as ours. Sadly, spousal abuse is far, far, far from uncommon in the UK &, if we had as many guns, fears & egos as South African crippled celebrity athletes appear to have, we might see an awful lot more of this sort of thing.
I guess that boils down to, "there but for the grace of God go we". It might seem kinda outlandish to us, what he's done, but it wasn't even 70 years ago, we were fire bombing civilians in German cities, & suffering the same in London during the Blitz. The stories my mum told me, who remained in London despite the evacuation of all the other kids, make this crime look like an episode of Neighbours. Don't go thinking we're civilised creatures, we're all animals, & we're all quite capable of what Oscar has done, I'm afraid.
In a human being who has done something like this, in a fit of rage, I'd expect to see (rather hear) genuine remorse in him. I think I do. I would happily be proven wrong in my intuition, I'm not too proud to be wrong, it's happens ALL the time. That is all.
Blessings to all & thanks for debate. Love it
Oh, & fuck off PTC xx
