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A piece of information in this article which is not in that article: > The family says Barnett's health declined because of the stresses of taking a stand agai
by kube-system 3y ago
A piece of information in this article which is not in that article:
> The family says Barnett's health declined because of the stresses of taking a stand against his longtime employer.
> "He was suffering from PTSD and anxiety attacks as a result of being subjected to the hostile work environment at Boeing," they said, "which we believe led to his death."
- lawn 3y agoDriving someone to suicide is also a direct cause of death, and should be treated as such.
- golergka 3y agoBeing direct cause of death is treated very differently based on mens rea, or intent. Assassinating somebody and causing a death by accident or by negligence carries very different penalties. Being a cause of something and being guilty of it are different things.
- kube-system 3y agoIt is certainly a bad thing, but I think it is an important note given the conspiratorial tone on some of the comments in that other thread.
- unethical_ban 3y agoInstagram would be shut down if we knew how many teens commit self harm as a direct result of it.
- trilbyglens 3y agoAre we arguing that it shouldn't be?
- HanClinto 3y agoGreat callout, thank you!
- dang 3y ago(This comment was originally a reply to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39682698 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39682698 but we merged that thread hither. So when it says "this article" it means https://www.npr.org/2024/03/12/1238033573/boeing-whistleblower-john-barnett-dead https://www.npr.org/2024/03/12/1238033573/boeing-whistleblow..., not the link at the top of the current thread.)
- ecoquant 3y agoThen couple that with the stress of testifying. I have none of these issues but testifying like this would be hugely stressful. I would have to suspect he felt trapped and this was the only way out of testifying.