A complex society

The poster boy Oscar Pistorius has come to the end of his athletic career in a very sad way even more so his girl friend who paid the ultimate price with her life.
 Oscar Pistorius was a guy who, although tense, was always careful to project an image of equanimity towards his fellow athletes given the unusual situation he was in, competing against whole bodied people. The controversy as to whether it was fair for him to compete with those special blades and whether they gave him an advantage must have been difficult, considering the mountain he had climbed to compete at all. I suppose his drive and single mindedness must have driven him close to being obsessive. In life, his fame, had drawn a beautiful women towards him (she was remarkably beautiful and physically very attractive)  deep down he must have found a conflict in being physically abnormal,  with a need to feel "secure" in maintaining "his" attractiveness.

Who knows what was said in the bedroom. It is suggested she had had a fling whilst he was away and in this case the human psyche can destroy the rational side of our nature in seconds.  A crime of passion is often accepted as mitigating the circumstances of the crime and we can all remember when we lost it for a few seconds under severe duress.
South Africa has had some marvellous champions, especially Rugby and Cricket although Hansie Cronje rather spoilt some of that image.  

Athletics had the unusual image of Zola Budd running barefoot like a slight built nymph running in the open veldt, transposed to the nike running track and the self cantered aggression of Mary Peters. The other image is of the cross sexualisation question raised by Caster Semenya, was she a man or a women ? 

These controversial figures are unusual. They all emanate from the same society, does it say something of the complexity of that society ?    

Enough from Dr John.