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"ZsaZsa" <reply@ng.org> wrote in message
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> "Reason" <gregory@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > Carter Lee wrote in message <3AAFDA11.6BDBDFBA@ns.sympatico.ca>...
> > >Gerry Carter wrote:
> > >
> > >> The implication is this:
> > >>
> > >> If I start drinking at home and drive to the bar, there is not much
> > question
> > >> that if I have an accident on the way it is my fault.
> > >>
> > >> If I get to the bar and the bartender refuses to serve me, I leave,
and
> > have
> > >> an accident on the way home, it is still my fault.
> > >>
> > >> If, however, he serves me one drink, in the eyes of the law it
becomes
> > his
> > >> fault because I was obviously drunk.
> > >>
> > >> So my question is, how does a bartender serving me one more drink
wind
> up
> > >> having my responsibility transferred to him?  It is a ludicrous
> situation
> > >> brought about by political correctness run amok and is symptomatic of
a
> > >> victim mentality.
> > >
> > Because...
> >
> > In the minds of some people, you can solve every problem by making
someone
> > else responsible. Heaven forbid you should accept any responsibility
> > yourself!
>
> Geez, it's not the drunk driver blaming the bartender, it is the innocent
> person who was hit.
>
Who is attempting to place blame does not change where the blame should be
placed - squarely at the feet of the individual.

Don't forget our favorite real estate saleslady either.  She was the drunk,
and she was the one who sued.