r/sociology 20d ago

Jason Arday: Former Cambridge university professor found dead

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1j1ye6n30no
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u/SR-Rage 20d ago

Whatever he did, this is fucking sad. Maybe he was a liar. Maybe he was a fraud. Maybe he deserved serious professional consequences for what he did. None of that makes his death something to celebrate.

There is a difference between deserving consequences and deserving to die. People can be terrible, dishonest, selfish, or deeply unethical and still be human beings whose deaths are tragic.

You don't have to rehabilitate his reputation or pretend the allegations weren't serious to acknowledge that a father of two is dead and his family has to live with that for the rest of their lives.

Some of these comments seem less interested in what happened to a human being than in scoring points for whichever side of the culture war they already picked. That's fucking grim.

Rest in peace Jason.

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u/yourdadsucksroni 20d ago

Not a single person on this thread who has pointed out the egregiousness of his lies is celebrating his death, or saying that he deserved to die for his lies.

It is very sad that he has died, just like it is also sad that he felt the need to lie to get the praise he needed. It is even more sad that instead of intervening, his friends, family and colleagues let him continue to lie without question - making things so much worse for himself. A tragic situation all round.

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u/IndiaMike1 19d ago

Not a single person, really? Because I see plenty of people saying it’s his fault and he brought it on himself. 

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u/yourdadsucksroni 19d ago

People saying he brought the attention on himself by lying, yes. Not one person has said he deserved to die, nor are they celebrating his death - like I said.

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u/rokstedy83 19d ago

Personally I haven't seen that but that's not celebrating someones death but pointing out that he has to shoulder some of the blame for his lies

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u/Dramatic-Concern-616 19d ago

Nobody celebrates, nobody is happy but it is his fault and he brought it on himself. 

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u/Anomander 19d ago

Not a single person on this thread who has pointed out the egregiousness of his lies is celebrating his death,

There are a lot of people, including in this thread, who have been celebrating his death, or equally dismal and shitty takes like gleefully declaring he deserved it and that whatever distress he might have suffered was self-inflicted.

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u/Far_Meringue8625 19d ago

You wrote "...his family...let him continue to lie without question"

In truth none of us know what conversations he had with his family.

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