Prior to his death, whistleblower John Barnett was testifying against Boeing over concerns about standards.
  • disposable_cracker [he/him, he/him]English
    75•4 months ago

    It said the 62-year-old had died from a “self-inflicted” wound on 9 March and police were investigating.

    Even BBC is skeptical enough to use scare quotes.

    • Collatz_problem [comrade/them]English
      37•4 months ago

      Murder was in fact a fairly uncommon event in Ankh-Morpork, but there were a lot of suicides. Walking in the night-time alleyways of The Shades was suicide. Asking for a short in a dwarf bar was suicide. Saying “Got rocks in your head?” to a troll was suicide. You could commit suicide very easily, if you weren’t careful.

      Add ‘whistleblowing’ to this list.