Did the Power Company shut off the power?
Did the Power Company disconnect transmission lines from the power plant?
Did the power company shut down the power plant?
To protect life?
To protect property?
To protect “first responders”?
reply to newme:
Did the Power Company shut off the power? No
Did the Power Company disconnect transmission lines from the power plant? No
Did the power company shut down the power plant? No
To protect life? No
To protect property? No
To protect “first responders”? No
Is the area which suffered a power outage normally supplied AC from some kind of power plant?
Do standard transmission lines normally carry the AC power from a power plant to the outage area?
During the outage, did the power plant cease generating AC?
reply to newme:
Is the area which suffered a power outage normally supplied AC from some kind of power plant? Yes
Do standard transmission lines normally carry the AC power from a power plant to the outage area? Yes
During the outage, did the power plant cease generating AC?
Don’t know.
Were the man and/or his conversation partner the intended victim(s) of the crime?
Did one or both of them do something as a result of their conversation that later caused them to die due to the crime?
Did this all take place within one state?
Was the crime a terrorist action?
reply to Aspidistra:
Were the man and/or his conversation partner the intended victim(s) of the crime? Yes
Did one or both of them do something as a result of their conversation that later caused them to die due to the crime? Yes
Did this all take place within one state? Yes
Was the crime a terrorist action? No
Were the criminals known to one or both of the men in the bar? Family members? Crime-family members?
Did the criminals know that the conversation took place? Did they engineer it?
Was the motive of the crime personal animosity? Money? Gain of some other sort?
Were the man and / or his conversation partner gay?
reply to Aspidistra:
Were the criminals known to one or both of the men in the bar? Yes Family members? Yes Crime -family members? No
Did the criminals know that the conversation took place? I don’t know. Probably not.Did they engineer it? No
Was the motive of the crime personal animosity? Yes Money? No Gain of some other sort?
No
No.
Was the crime already planned before the men had their conversation? Was it a response to something they did as a result of the conversation?
Were the other people who died also intended victims? Or collateral damage?
Did the victims of the crime die by gunfire? Blunt force trauma? Poisoning? Drowning? A variety of ways?
reply to Aspidistra:
Was the crime already planned before the men had their conversation? Yes Was it a response to something they did as a result of the conversation? No
Were the other people who died also intended victims? Yes Or collateral damage? No
Did the victims of the crime die by gunfire? Two did. Blunt force trauma? No Poisoning? No Drowning? No A variety of ways? Two different ways, gunfire and one other.
Was the power outage caused by use of an electric chair?
Did it happen in Georgia?
reply to Peter_Morris:
Was the power outage caused by use of an electric chair? No
Did it happen in Georgia? Yes
Was the personal animosity behind the crime related to anyone’s race? Nationality? Immigration status? Sexuality? Some action that someone had taken that the criminals were angry about?
Is the other method of death (besides shooting) relevant?
Was the power outage caused by some object getting shot in the course of the crime?
Did someone hang an innocent man?
"Aspidistra
Was the personal animosity behind the crime related to anyone’s race? Nationality? Immigration status? Sexuality? No to all
Some action that someone had taken that the criminals were angry about? Yes
Is the other method of death (besides shooting) relevant? Yes
Was the power outage caused by some object getting shot in the course of the crime? No
You got it. Kudos Cheesecake!
I thought it might be the song. The meaning of the lyrics has been discussed to death on many forums, including this one, but “the lights went out” is often taken to refer to the movie cliche of the lights dimming when the electric chair is used.
Yes, but they hung Brother. I was (thankfully?) unaware of the movie take.
The lyrics are indeed absurd.