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Zukin · 09-10-2007, 04:04 PM

Responsibility and blame is a fascinating topic to me. For example, what do you all think about these situations:

If a person gets cancer, does the blame lie with companies for releasing toxic chemicals that are implicated in cancer? Or, does it lie with the individual for not reading scientific journals like Cancer Cell and minimizing their exposure to those chemicals?

If a person gets mugged, does the blame like with the police for not providing sufficient coverage? Or, does it lie with the individual for leaving their house at that time?

And, does blame and the past not matter and the only thing that matters is that a person takes responsibility for their future?

09-10-2007, 04:04 PM	#9 (permalink)
Zukin Banned Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 728	Responsibility and blame is a fascinating topic to me. For example, what do you all think about these situations: If a person gets cancer, does the blame lie with companies for releasing toxic chemicals that are implicated in cancer? Or, does it lie with the individual for not reading scientific journals like Cancer Cell and minimizing their exposure to those chemicals? If a person gets mugged, does the blame like with the police for not providing sufficient coverage? Or, does it lie with the individual for leaving their house at that time? And, does blame and the past not matter and the only thing that matters is that a person takes responsibility for their future?