Re: Jason Arday’s death is dreadful – a nd enraging

On 16/08/2026 19:43, Creon wrote:
> At Sun, 16 Aug 2026 18:09:46 -0000 (UTC), Tara <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On Aug 16, 2026 at 1:31:12 PM EDT, "Wilson" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/16/2026 12:52 PM, Tara wrote:
>>>> On Aug 16, 2026 at 11:03:20 AM EDT, "Creon" <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> At Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:54:20 +0100, Julian
>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> On 16/08/2026 13:51, Creon wrote:
>>>>>>> At Sun, 16 Aug 2026 11:24:40 +0100, Julian
>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We couldn’t save Jason
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Brendan O’Neill
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do you agree with Mr. O'Neill's assessment?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Because if he had thoughts of "un-aliving" himself, people
>>>>>>> should have been getting him the help that he needed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Writing an opinion piece pointing fingers doesn't help -- what
>>>>>>> would help is an a-political discussion of how those he knew,
>>>>>>> or the system, or both; failed him.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not sure from where an a-political discussion will arise.
>>>>>> Everything about the tragic saga was political from inception.
>>>>>
>>>>> But do you agree with Mr. O'Neill's conclusion?  The mental
>>>>> health aspect is what I'm trying to discuss.  (If you want to
>>>>> turn it into a political discussion -- aright, I'm out.)
>>>>
>>>> you can focus on one or the other but by doing that, you will miss
>>>> the whole picture. Arday's state of  mental health wasn't
>>>> acknowledged because of politial bias.
>>>
>>> Arday was a man who did not think it was wrong to lie about his life
>>> history. His made up stories if investigated at all, would have been
>>> seen as obvious fakery.
>>>
>>> They weren't investigated by the people who should have done so
>>> because the person of Arday his story supported their worldview and
>>> furthered their ideology.
>>>
>>> When he was finally asked about the more outlandish things he said,
>>> "To be honest with you, I thought you’d just believe me."
>>>
>>> That such a person might also be mentally unstable is no surprise
>>> to any normal well-adjusted human being.
>>
>> Well pointed.  Shame on Cambridge.
> 
> What were Jason's loved ones doing?
> 
> Here in California, if someone is a danger to themselves, that
> is an emergency:  call 911, or sometimes 988.
> 
> Do they have something like that in the UK?

We have emergency services but also a deep and wide
social services infrastructure for the gaps between
and the periods after emergencies.

I don't know what the friends and family were doing
but there was no shortage of public or private sector
support services available to the case. I am not sure if
Cambridge HR has a support plan for abandoned professors.