Trial Discussion Thread #20 - 14.04.08, Day 18

[jay-jay]

I didn't get much of it at all, but OP did just say a whole load of stuff that made Sam sound a bit like a stalker really. I think that was a definite attempt to discredit the testimony she gave.

Yep, and I find that kind of thing really unpleasant .. people do that kind of thing on the internet all the time nowadays to try and discredit someone .. I've had it done to me and it is deeply unpleasant. The people who do it know though that once they have planted the seed of doubt in other people's minds, then those people will always have in the back of their minds that that person is a stalker. It's quite a common thing nowadays, on the internet, to be accused of being a stalker .. I've known loads of other people have it happen to them too. There is no way of proving it one way or the other, unless it is investigated by the police and a stalker is actually traced back to the actual person doing it.

There are millions of people out there in internetland, and that stalker could have been anyone.

 

[BritsKate]

Retweeted by Aislinn Laing
Samantha Taylor ‏@samraytay 6m
Last lies you get to tell.. You better make it worth your while

https://twitter.com/Simmoa

 

[sorrell skye]

I just want all of you babas to know that I love you....

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:floorlaugh:

love you, too, Boo

 

[zwiebel]

OP talking about msg where he didn't want Reeva driving alone at night.

 

[04009margaret]

Oh my gosh it is the small things but I just realised I can watch the trial live on TV! Fellow Aussies, if you have Foxtel it is on the APAC channel (648). It's probably been like this the whole time and I had no idea.

Shame there not using full screen mode

 

[Interested Bystander]

I just want all of you babas to know that I love you....

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:floorlaugh:

Awwwwwww :floorlaugh:

 

[Carol70]

OMW, lol..

Fr10:42 - OP says he offered to help Reeva's mom June obtain a liquor license for a bar.

Meanwhile, OP's ex, Sam Taylor has just tweeted: "Last lies you get to tell.. You better make it worth your while." She might be referring to her former partner. Or not. om news24

 

[BritsKate]

Rebecca Davis ‏@becsplanb 54s
The line between "protective" and "controlling" often seems hard to discern. Eg "I don't want you driving alone at night"

https://twitter.com/becsplanb

 

[jay-jay]

I'm so sick of hearing them emphasize the number of "kisses" one or the other put. It is really just a stupid "X". How hard is it to hit the "X" key 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 times and how are we to attribute any real feelings of endearment from an "X" ?

.. not only that, 'x' or 'xx' or any numer of 'x's is just the way that the majority of people end their text messages these days .. even messages on forums, I've noticed .. so 'x' doesn't really mean a lot (I never personally do it, simply because it's become so meaningless now)

 

[zwiebel]

O: Thinking of you my baba.

Reeva: X

Reeva: I'm here. XX

Reeva: I like you

O: I like you too!

Then talking about how they were sending laughing msgs to each other.

These msgs are all getting a bit much really.

 

[lisasalinger]

Boo love you, too

Do you mind if I wear my leopard pajamas to bed?

XXXXXXXXXXXX

 

[graceholl]

Samantha Taylor
‏@samraytay
Last lies you get to tell.. You better make it worth your while

https://twitter.com/samraytay/status/453451084204630016

 

[K.T]

Boo love you, too

What does Boo mean?

OP: It's a name young people use. Its a term of endearment. It's a nickname.

Thank Angel, Boo, kiss kiss exclamation mark so so much no you back a marker indicating I'm laughing lol lol xxxx I' only have eyes for you thank you my bubba sleep deep Boo Boo yah me too xx and I sent you back a bunch of smiley faces.

Maaaannn, can we ban emoticon's from this trial Angel BOo

 

[zwiebel]

O reading msg from Reeva about how, if OP couldn't pay for his house and she couldn't help him 'we'll run away to a little eastern island somewhere'.

 

[Really?]

I'm ready for tea

 

[jay-jay]

Oscar Pistorius on why Steenkamp texted reassurance “I’m by your side”
OP: Just pressure in general. I was dealing with a lot in general. Both from the media, both from my training team, pressure from my finances, I was purchasing a new home. I think a lot of factors contributed to that.

He’s claiming now that they were looking at furniture…saying they were going to move in together.

Pistorius is talking quite a bit about stress, from Sam Taylor who he claims sent a message how she cheated on him when he was at the Olympics.

He’s also labeling Steenkamp as difficult; she’s one who was finding the relationship and it’s ramifications as hard rather than him.
OP: She really struggled, it was really difficult for her, there was still stress for our relationship. There was a lot of stress from her side. She had her own stress on top on what I had to deal with.
She was emotional.
She was stressed about her appearance.
She was stressed about her diet.

Blame shifting, once again. This is the overall impression I am getting of him, shifting the blame for everything, continually.

 

[Melanie]

Can't believe I'm watching/listening to this...have to be to work in under two hours. What dribble.

I am unable to tolerate the little, mealy-mouth, lying, murdering, whine- .

Be back later.

Kudos to all who are able to tolerate his BS.

Just, IMHO - these text sound like the ones my 16 YO son shares with his GF. Boo, baba, xxxoooo. Love you too, love you more, no, I love you more, blah blah blah.

And what's he crying about - the dude killed her in cold blood.

MOO

Mel

 

[jay-jay]

I'm ready for tea

Me too! .. I've not even had my weetabix this morning!

 

[zwiebel]

Msgs about suggestion from Reeva? I think, about going away for the weekend.

Then R had sent him a pic of her with new highlights and O said he was the luckiest guy in the world. R replied: 'Thank you so much. You are the most amazing guy in the world'.

 

[Val1]

Hearing Roux say the word "kiss" totally skeeves me out.

I find all of this rather immature, considering their ages, this is the kind of chat stuff my kids went through with their gf's when they were in their early teens.