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

On 16/08/2026 22:14, Wilson wrote:
> On 8/16/2026 2:47 PM, Julian 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/
> 
> It all seems a bit too on the nose.
> 
> Imagine a world with a leadership class who saw their progeny's futures 
> threatened by competition from upstart lower classes, and who wished to 
> permanently entrench themselves and their heirs. In this purely 
> *imaginary* world, would they do anything different than importing a lot 
> of low-skilled labor from poorer societies to suppress the wages and 
> bargaining power among the native working classes? And then reduce the 
> education standards for those who are not in their elite?
> 
> In such an imaginary world I'd expect the top universities to somehow 
> hold onto their very high standards (for example by having a scandal or 
> two surrounding some very unqualified professors) while other 
> universities were strongly encouraged (perhaps through those VAT taxes, 
> grade inflation, and expanded access via equity standards) to lower 
> theirs in the name of fairness.
> 
> This would simultaneously protect the scarcity value of those holding 
> the highest credentials while allowing the dilution of standards further 
> down the hierarchy. The overall effect would reduce opportunity and 
> income among the lower classes. And to prevent a genuine class on class 
> conflict, media stories to keep them fighting amongst themselves over 
> race and gay equity. The ultimate goal being to steepen the status curve 
> to make upward mobility ever harder for outsiders.
> 
> Just as a purely academic thought experiment. I'd never encourage anyone 
> to look at current events through that lens >:)
https://theideaslab.substack.com/p/red-princes-hereditary-politics-and