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Two Boeing whistleblowers "committed suicide" within a few weeks of each other.
by 4death4 2y ago
Two Boeing whistleblowers "committed suicide" within a few weeks of each other.
- PradeetPatel 2y ago[flagged]
- devwastaken 2y ago"authorities will handle it" is a fallacy that is demonstrated to be wrong in practice. The theory of how societal functions operate is not at all how they're implemented - lack of evidence, corruption, and incompetence all contribute to there being little justice for anyone.
- bitcharmer 2y agoNot sure if you're trolling or just very naive. Knowing and having proof are two different things. Does Russian journalists and political activists falling out of windows en masse tell you anything? Or would you say they were all experiencing mental health issues because there is otherwise no proof they were murdered?
- PradeetPatel 2y agoI'm not trolling, and I'm sorry if it came off that way. As someone not living in the states, I simply had more faith in the US Justice system compared to say, Russia. I'm sorry if I offended anyone.
- pshirshov 2y agoThe media are all over it, you may check it, but law enforcement isn't.
- dialup_sounds 2y agoContracting MRSA is considered suicide now?
- 4death4 2y agoI wasn't aware one died of a staph infection. The other officially died from suicide.
- soulofmischief 2y agoI'd recommend doing cursory research before confidently claiming something as fact on the world wide web. I learned about the dangers of spreading rumors from Veggie Tales when I was five. We all make mistakes, but there's really no excuse for peddling secondhand information when established facts are an internet search away at all times.
- 4death4 2y ago[flagged]
- soulofmischief 2y agoThe Hacker News platform actually goes to great lengths to avoiding the reception of upvotes as a motivation for posting, and I'd recommend also de-prioritizing the importance of internet points and to instead rely on intrinsic motivation.
- 4death4 2y agoAnd yet, there are upvotes and they’re displayed to the poster. Also, I used the word ostensibly to imply I may personally have some other motivation. But in either cases, the broader point still stands: there are diminishing marginal returns to being more correct.
- soulofmischief 2y agoSuch a point of view is depressingly self-centered, and I don't see any merit in discussing anything with someone who is more interested in the attention of everyone other than the person they're actually conversing with, especially when they value imaginary internet points above truth. Good luck in life.
- esskay 2y agoDidn't one of them also specifically tell a family member that if he dies it was Boeing?
- lukan 2y agoNot quite that, but something like it. It still does not proof it, though.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- reducesuffering 2y agoA self-described “family friend” said that the Boeing whistleblower (1 of 60?) said that. Also, as anyone who works with mental patients can attest to, “if I die, I didn’t commit suicide” is not anywhere close to as ironclad as it sounds on the surface… (I.e. 99% of those claims were false)