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No objection to much of the list, but two items stand out:

"G. B." wrote:
> 
> If a woman burns her thighs on the hot coffee she was holding in her lap
> while driving, the restaurant is to blame.

In the case in question, the blame was for selling coffee hotter than
their own guidelines recognized as safe.  If she had bought the coffee
anywhere else she wouldn't have gotten such serious burns when it
spilt.  There's the question of reasonable expectations about the
products you buy, and most of us have spilt coffee on ourselves before
without requiring a doctor's attention.  Had she known how dangerous the
cup she was holding was, she might have taken better precautions against
spilling.

> If you suck three packs of cigarette smoke into your lungs each day for 40
> years and die of lung cancer, the tobacco company is to blame.

They're not to blame for people choosing to smoke, just for denying the
medical facts.  A person who smoked knowing it was bad for them can
hardly blame the cigarette companies.  A person who kept smoking because
they believed the tobacco companies is stupid, but in that case it is
the tobacco companies fault.  If you assure somebody that a product is
safe, you are assuming responsibility for their safety.  If you're not
sure a product is safe, don't claim it is.  In this case it is the
cigarette companies you should be railing against for trying to avoid
their share of the blame.