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| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7670 Registered: 8-2001 |
While riding a city bus, Katerina overheard a certain remark. She got off and went to the police station. The officer on duty told Katerina that the police couldn't do anything about what Katerina had overhead. So Katerina went to another government agency, even though she knew that it, too, couldn't do anything about what she had overheard.How come?? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 722 Registered: 7-2011 |
Was what she heard a threat? If so, relevant to whom? by whom? Life & death matter? Middling importance? Trivial (to most people)? The other agency: a 'welfare' agency of some kind (e.g. housing)? Or something else? Post office? School? Is it relevant that she is on a bus? Could this happen on a train? plane? just overhearing something on the street? Could it happen in a small town? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3974 Registered: 1-2007 |
Does Katerina work at a government agency? Is it relevant why the police could not do anything? If so because Katerina could not prove what she overheard? because no crime had been committed? The slim chance of the catching the person who made the remark? Did Katerina mistakingly think the remark constituted a crime? or did she believe she had overheard a crime being planned? Is Katerina's religeon, colour, politcal views or profession relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7673 Registered: 8-2001 |
Solitiare (Solitiare) New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 722 Registered: 7-2011 Posted on Monday, February 13, 2012 - 1:37 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was what she heard a threat? no If so, relevant to whom? by whom? Life & death matter? noMiddling importance? yesish Trivial (to most people)? to some The other agency: a 'welfare' agency of some kind (e.g. housing)? noish or yope (It's not housing) Or something else? yesPost office? noSchool? no Is it relevant that she is on a bus? no Could this happen on a train? yesplane? yesjust overhearing something on the street? yes Could it happen in a small town? yes Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3974 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Monday, February 13, 2012 - 11:21 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does Katerina work at a government agency? no Is it relevant why the police could not do anything? yes If so because Katerina could not prove what she overheard? nobecause no crime had been committed? yes The slim chance of the catching the person who made the remark? irrel Did Katerina mistakingly think the remark constituted a crime? yes or did she believe she had overheard a crime being planned?see previous answer Is Katerina's religeon, no colour, no politcal views yes or profession no relevant? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 723 Registered: 7-2011 |
Is Katerina's nationality relevant? Is she a U.S. citizen? If she is not, and it is relevant, LTPF list of countries. Is anything about the person or persons she overheard relevant? Did she misinterpret something, i.e. take literally something meant figuratively? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2811 Registered: 2-2011 |
is voting relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7676 Registered: 8-2001 |
Solitiare (Solitiare) New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 723 Registered: 7-2011 Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 2:06 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is Katerina's nationality relevant? yes Is she a U.S. citizen? no If she is not, and it is relevant, LTPF list of countries. She's from a Soviet bloc country (when there was a Soviet bloc Is anything about the person or persons she overheard relevant?b{ no} Did she misinterpret something, i.e. take literally something meant figuratively? no Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2811 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 1:21 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) is voting relevant? no | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7677 Registered: 8-2001 |
Solitiare (Solitiare) New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 723 Registered: 7-2011 Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 2:06 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is Katerina's nationality relevant? yes Is she a U.S. citizen? no If she is not, and it is relevant, LTPF list of countries. She's from a Soviet bloc country (when there was a Soviet bloc Is anything about the person or persons she overheard relevant? no Did she misinterpret something, i.e. take literally something meant figuratively? no Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2811 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 1:21 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) is voting relevant? no | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2815 Registered: 2-2011 |
on the bus was one person telling another about something they had done? something they were planning to do? something they wished they could do? something they had heard about? or was the remark something racist? incitement to racism or terrorism? any sort of hate remark? or did the remark reveal something about that person's circumstances? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1707 Registered: 9-2010 |
Was it something about how they were going to say had diamonds in their wood, but they really didn't and just wanted their firewood cut up for them? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7679 Registered: 8-2001 |
Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2815 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 10:55 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) on the bus was one person telling another about something they had done? no something they were planning to do? no something they wished they could do? possibly something they had heard about? no or was the remark something racist? no incitement to racism or terrorism? noany sort of hate remark?yes or yesish or did the remark reveal something about that person's circumstances? no Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn) New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1707 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 1:39 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was it something about how they were going to say had diamonds in their wood, but they really didn't and just wanted their firewood cut up for them?no | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2823 Registered: 2-2011 |
was the remark made about a famous person? or group of people? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2824 Registered: 2-2011 |
was it gossip? slanderous? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7680 Registered: 8-2001 |
Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2823 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 9:47 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) was the remark made about a famous person? yes or group of people? no Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2824 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 9:49 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) was it gossip? no slanderous? no | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 732 Registered: 7-2011 |
Is/was the famous person Russian? former Eastern-bloc? other European? other? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7681 Registered: 8-2001 |
Solitiare (Solitiare) New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 732 Registered: 7-2011 Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 7:57 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is/was the famous person Russian? no former Eastern-bloc? no other European? no other? yes | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1239 Registered: 7-2001 |
does this happen in the US? does she overhear something tht would be a crime in her native country? or would be considered worth passing to the police? the kind of thing an informer would pass to the police? was she an informer in her native country? does she go to the second agency for the same reason she goes to the first? does she go to the second agency for her own personal benefit? for the benefit of society? does she learn something from her visit to the police that makes her decide to go to the second agency? did she learn that something that she had thought was a crime actually wasn't? was she relieved after seeing the police? scared? happy? sad? cross? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7684 Registered: 8-2001 |
Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1239 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 9:25 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) does this happen in the US? yesdoes she overhear something tht would be a crime in her native country? yes or would be considered worth passing to the police? yes the kind of thing an informer would pass to the police? yes was she an informer in her native country? nodoes she go to the second agency for the same reason she goes to the first? nodoes she go to the second agency for her own personal benefit? yes for the benefit of society? no does she learn something from her visit to the police that makes her decide to go to the second agency? yesdid she learn that something that she had thought was a crime actually wasn't? yes was she relieved after seeing the police?yope scared? nohappy? yessad? no cross? no | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1241 Registered: 7-2001 |
had she herself at some time done the thing that she went to report to the police? was it hearing someone criticise the government? the president? say they belonged to a particular political party? did she go to the second agency for a job? to apply for citizenship? had she thought that she would not qualify for a benefit because of a supposed crime she was guilty of? but now she knew she would qualify? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7688 Registered: 8-2001 |
Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1241 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 9:36 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) had she herself at some time done the thing that she went to report to the police? no was it hearing someone criticise the government? yesthe president? yes say they belonged to a particular political party? nodid she go to the second agency for a job? noto apply for citizenship? yes had she thought that she would not qualify for a benefit because of a supposed crime she was guilty of? no but now she knew she would qualify? no | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 166 Registered: 1-2012 |
So she thought criticizing the president was illegal? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7693 Registered: 8-2001 |
Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper) New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 166 Registered: 1-2012 Posted on Friday, February 17, 2012 - 9:44 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) So she thought criticizing the president was illegal? Yes. After all, it was where she came from. Now the puzzle should be a SNAP to solve. Why did she go to the Immigration & Naturalization Service to apply for citizenship? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1417 Registered: 4-2007 |
Because she wanted to live in a freer country than where she came from? Because the only thing stopping her from wanting to be a citizen was that she wanted to criticise the president? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7696 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1417 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 6:48 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Because she wanted to live in a freer country than where she came from? yes Because the only thing stopping her from wanting to be a citizen was that she wanted to criticise the president? no ********** SPOILER ****************** Katerina, a citizen of a Soviet block country, was visiting her aunt in America, Fluent in English but not very knowledgeable about the US, she overheard someone on a city bus dump on the US President. When she got off the bus, she did what she thought she was supposed to do: report the incident to the police. The officer on duty noticed her accent & said, "I don't know where you're from, lady, but in America it's not a crime to say the president is a jerk." After thinking this over, she went to the INS & said she wanted to become an American citizen. Sorry it was so easy, but please check out my brand-new one, which won't be. . . I think. |
