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Article #38474Re: The Blameless Society
From: Carter Lee
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 17:50
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 17:50
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ZsaZsa wrote: > > "Reason" <gregory@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:lMys6.26108$tr5.3169666@news1.telusplanet.net... > > > > 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. Correct and the only one the innocent person can truly blame is the drunk driver. Carter
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f504b,9173a0f43b9a6542 X-Google-Attributes: gidf504b,public X-Google-Thread: fb1ea,9173a0f43b9a6542 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1ea,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-17 09:52:08 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!news-out-sjo.usenetserver.com!news3.bellglobal.com!sodalite.nbnet.nb.ca!sapphire.mtt.net!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3AB3A3DD.183E50B8@ns.sympatico.ca> From: Carter Lee <crlee@ns.sympatico.ca> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: can.general,can.legal Subject: Re: The Blameless Society References: <vvQq6.9653$tr5.953722@news1.telusplanet.net> <wvTq6.2128$8F4.34606@weber.videotron.net> <6Z5r6.217$q46.14964784@news1.tor.primus.ca> <fwar6.21370$p66.7342285@news3.rdc1.on.home.com> <Wafr6.22878$p66.7967158@news3.rdc1.on.home.com> <Zhsr6.28309$p66.9326573@news3.rdc1.on.home.com> <OdBr6.31436$p66.10379737@news3.rdc1.on.home.com> <3AAFDA11.6BDBDFBA@ns.sympatico.ca> <lMys6.26108$tr5.3169666@news1.telusplanet.net> <uyDs6.57993$p66.17591965@news3.rdc1.on.home.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 42 Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 17:50:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 142.177.232.189 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mpoweredpc.net X-Trace: sapphire.mtt.net 984851414 142.177.232.189 (Sat, 17 Mar 2001 13:50:14 AST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 13:50:14 AST Organization: MPowered-Subscriber