Re: Jason Arday’s death is dreadful – a nd enraging (was: Jason Arday???s death is dreadful ??? a nd enraging)

On Aug 16, 2026 at 2:47:12 PM EDT, "Julian" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 16/08/2026 19:32, Julian wrote:
>> On 16/08/2026 19:09, Tara 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.
>> 
>> Yes, but Cambridge is just the gilded tip of the iceberg.
>> Standards across the entire industry have been gutted and
>> the plan is to tax non state controlled education into
>> extinction. It's slow motion Pol Pottery.
> 
> The ability to spell will become a death warrant, the new spectacles.
> https://order-order.com/2026/07/28/education-secretary-says-spelling-and-grammar-tests-are-too-obscure-and-takes-aim-at-exams-and-ofsted/

If it looks like the whole world has gone insane, and there are still those
who look and see that the whole world has gone insane, this must allow that
there is hope that sanity may prevail.
You could ask: Who needs to learn how to spell when we have spell checkers. 
Ha. Nevermind that, who needs to know how to think when we have AI, eh

Cursive is now being taught in primary school here in Ontario. Whee.