You could have made your argument in a less callous/thoughtless/disrespectful manner.

Personally I think intent is the difference between the words murder versus manslaughter.

If the intent of the people harassing Near was to cause their death, that fits my personal non-legal definition of murder.

Legally or technically, perhaps you are correct, but the common usage of words doesn't always fit the autistically literal meaning. Edit: also if looks like this happened in Japan, so the legal definition of 殺人 might be different from your assumptions.

> Everyone is free to hold their own opinion, of course.

How convenient! Thanks for letting us all know, after you felt the need to respond to the announcement of someone's death, from a friend, that you didn't like their language!

I'm out.