reply to Mahaloth
Related to not liking the word caused:
Was the homicide a result of the chuckle? You need the chuckle for there to be the crime.
Is the fact that a homicide was committed what made the chuckle a crime? No. The chap sniggering is what makes this a crime. The homicide is of course there and hard to ignore.
Is this event famous? No. We are not dealing with a particular famous event.
Do we all likely know it? Everyone here knows about what is going on. No “likely” about it.
reply to Knowed Out:
If the chuckler had chuckled somewhere else, would a crime have occurred? Yes
(I ask because I read of a case where somebody laughed in court. The judge was not amused and had him arrested on a misdemeanor. They found 3 oz of cocaine on him, so it became felony drug possession.)
Did the chuckle give the culprit away after he had committed the crime? No
Was the chuckler hidden before he chuckled? No.
Was “he” in control of the laughter?
Was it involuntary?
Was the laughter some sort of tipping point (as in,’ one more laugh and I’ll kill the hostage’, thing)?
His chuckling was a crime. Why?
reply to Go_Arachnid_Laser
Was “he” in control of the laughter? Yes, I guess, seeing that it was his chuckling.
Was it involuntary? You still mean the chuckling, right? If so, I don’t know. NR
Was the laughter some sort of tipping point (as in,’ one more laugh and I’ll kill the hostage’, thing)? No
Was the death his own death?
Was the laughcaused by some sort of substance?
Was the laugh caused by an illness of some sort?
I fear I’m repeating some questions by other people, if so, I apologize.
No to all.
On the use of the word homicide… was the resulting homicide in and of itself, a criminal act?
Yes.
Is the identity of the chuckler relevant?
Is the victim’s identity relevant?
Did the chuckler directly kill the victim?
Was the chuckle remarkably loud?
Was the chuckle a response to a situation the chuckler found humorous?
Did the chuckle lead the victim to make a fatal mistake? (As in “Is it safe to cross the street?” “Chuckle. Sure it is!” SPLAT!)
If this were a Nancy strip, would the first panel be the chuckler and the victim?
Would the second panel be the chuckle?
Would the third panel be the death?
reply to Knowed Out:
Is the identity of the chuckler relevant? No
Is the victim’s identity relevant? No
Did the chuckler directly kill the victim? No
Was the chuckle remarkably loud? NR
Was the chuckle a response to a situation the chuckler found humorous? NR
Did the chuckle lead the victim to make a fatal mistake? (As in “Is it safe to cross the street?” “Chuckle. Sure it is!” SPLAT!) Ha. No
If this were a Nancy strip, would the first panel be the chuckler and the victim? No
Would the second panel be the chuckle? No
Would the third panel be the death? No
The subject is much too dark for Nancy, but imagine
Panel 1: Sluggo is looking shockingly at a newspaper. Or perhaps he is running to show the newspaper to Nancy. There are three rocks a tree and a house to frame the scene. Sluggo says “Gosh! His chuckling was a crime???!!??”
Panel 2: Nancy looks puzzled… “What do you mean?”
Panel 3: The reveal of the newspaper story.
Is the word “his” relevant" (meaning, would the story make no sense with “her” chuckling, “my” chuckling or “their” chuckling)?
Yes.
Does “his” means “of him” as in belonging to a human male?
Yes.
Does the incident involve some sort of wordplay? (“Laughter is not the best medicine in this case!”)
Was the crime murder?
Did the chuckler commit the crime?
Did the chuckler laugh at a crime scene?
Did the chuckler realize a crime had been committed?
Was the chuckler arrested in error?
Did somebody else have the same-sounding chuckle?
His chuckling was a crime. Why?
**reply to Knowed Out **
Does the incident involve some sort of wordplay? Yes
Was the crime murder? No
Did the chuckler commit the crime? No
Did the chuckler laugh at a crime scene? No
Did the chuckler realize a crime had been committed? No
Was the chuckler arrested in error? No
Did somebody else have the same-sounding chuckle? No
Does the incident involve some sort of wordplay? (“Laughter is not the best medicine in this case!”)
Was the crime murder?
Did the chuckler commit the crime?
Did the chuckler laugh at a crime scene?
Did the chuckler realize a crime had been committed?
Was the chuckler arrested in error?
Did somebody else have the same-sounding chuckle?
This post seems familiar.
OK, really attempting to think laterally here.
Did a chuckle or other laughing type utterance become transcribed into words somewhere?
Perhaps into a criminal law or statute?