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How exactly is post-death gossip going to dissuade other whistleblowers?
by hilux 2y ago
How exactly is post-death gossip going to dissuade other whistleblowers?
- krisoft 2y agoI’m not sure what you are asking. There is someone who knows some ugly secret and is considering if they want to publicly release it. If they can recall many dead whistleblowers who were rumoured to have been assasinatend over that kind of action then they are more likely to stay silent. Because they don’t want to die the same way. And the key here is that the future would be whistleblowers hear about it. That is where the gossip is important. In fact it doesn’t even have to be a real assasination. Just the rumour that it might have been is able to dissuade others. Which part of this is unclear to you? Or which part are you asking about?
- DennisP 2y agoThe only way to prevent that is to not report whistleblower deaths at all. It's not like people can't privately have their own suspicions, and if I were a potential whistleblower, I'd want to know that any apparent accidents or suicides get very thoroughly investigated due to public outcry.
- krisoft 2y agoThe question was “How exactly is post-death gossip going to dissuade other whistleblowers?” I answered that. Understanding and describing how it works doesn’t mean that the alternative of keeping silent about suspected deaths is prefered.
- DennisP 2y agoMy point is, gossip about possible murder doesn't dissuade them more than the bare fact of an apparent accident or suicide.
- hilux 2y agoYou seem to be arguing for complete secrecy [about deaths]. Nowhere in history has a culture of secrecy resulted in a more open and honest government.
- krisoft 2y agoI’m not arguing against or for anything. You asked how something is happening and i explained to you. What conclusions we draw from it is a different matter.