A close family friend of John Barnett said he predicted he might wind up dead and that a story could surface that he killed himself.
  • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    But, executives in multi-billion dollar companies don’t contract out to hitmen to murder people who hurt their companies.

    And you know this how?

    • merc@sh.itjust.works
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      9 months ago

      Common sense? The lack of historical precedent? The fact I can watch movies and be aware that they don’t represent reality?

      • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        But, executives in multi-billion dollar companies don’t contract out to hitmen to murder people who hurt their companies.

        And you know this how?

        Common sense? The lack of historical precedent? The fact I can watch movies and be aware that they don’t represent reality?

        So you pulled it out of your ass.

        Have a nice day.

        • merc@sh.itjust.works
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          9 months ago

          I made a decision based on reality. I didn’t decide someone had hired a hitman to kill a whistleblower because it seemed realistic to me based on watching too many movies. Believing that is also “pulling it out of your ass”, but without any basis in actual reality.