Many people have unfortunately heard countless stories of whistleblowers committing suicide after publicly sharing harmful information about government and corporations. While some fringe conspiracy theorists are referring to the deaths of the recent Boeing Whistle Blowers as Nikki Haley's body count, the true concern is that people might be using the pressure of being a whistle blower as an excuse to justify their suicide.
Suicide has been illegal for sometime now, and members of the United States congress feel the need to specifically ban suicide when tied to whistle blowing, to try and discourage whistle blowers from committing suicide. This issue was thrusted into the public spotlight in 2004 when journalist Gary Webb committed suicide with two bullets to the back of his own head.
Webb had uncovered some significant non compliant actions committed by the CIA, and was trying to force them to be compliant. Media organizations such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angelos times have been credited by some experts for driving the man to point of suicide by publishing negative things about him.
The reality is that Webb likely used his whistleblower status as an excuse to commit suicide. Being a whistleblower in the US is protected status, except when it comes to exposing non compliance with the US Military, or certain intelligence operations, which whistleblowing is a direct threat to national security.
The members of congress proposing the new law have proposed the punishment for suicide after whistleblowing, the entire forfeiture of the deceased's properties, specifically the individuals computer hardware, notebooks, and online cloud stored files. This is to punish the family of the deceased, so they won't be able to have access to the family photos stored on iCloud or local hard drives.
This move appears to be an incredibly timely as more Boeing whistle blowers appear to be stepping forward, concerning much of the United States that many Boeing employees are attempting to commit suicide.
Yup, Boeing-Assisted Suicide (BAS) it's called.
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Haha
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Does Boeing have offices in Canada? They could help a lot of people up there with the assisted suicide
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Why the fuck does this country rush to punish whistleblowers but does nothing to punish Boeing, who is responsible for all this mess?
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Likely because the government is non compliant themselves, just like Boeing is. It's unbelievable how the government expects us to be compliant when Boeing, the CIA, and every other part of the military industrial complex is non compliant.
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The guy said that if he did suicide, it isnt suicide. He told everyone straight up on the news.
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Well that's convenient cover isn't it. He obviously didn't want to bring shame to his family by telling the truth. He blew the whistle as a 4d chess move.
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That guy isnt even asian. He probably doesnt care how shameful it is. He probably was getting a nice payday from somewhere.
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Idk what race has to do with this. The Japanese are asian and love suicide. It's a foundation of the culture.
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But suicide is not shameful in their culture. And I wouldnt say they love it, its just a part of their culture.
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We are talking about Americans here
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This explains so much...
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Harambe.... :'(
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Boeing has been at this for a long time... RIP to a King and the chosen one who kept this world together!
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Yes. Yes it does
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He kept this world together... once we lost him well... just look around
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This is just stupid. The government trying to get their fingers in everything. Do they really think this will prevent whistleblowers from suicide? More like they will stop coming forward even more because they are more scared.
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You think a government action could create a negative effect?
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I think the government is there to serve us, not the other way around. How many people will be tempted to whistleblow if there are conditions to it? They are just making the problem worse.
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This is just sad that Boeing and governments are hand in hand on the matter of suppressing the whistles.
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