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Subject:	Re: personal responsibility (was:Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Fri, 26 May 2000 18:59:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes: > the law put culpability on my friend, but I would argue that > the speeding car was most responsible, of course if my friend wanted, he I agree that the speeder was responsible for the accident, but while I can point to ways that your friend's behavior could have avoided it, I can claim that he shares responsibility. (I realize that this is not an argument against what you've expressed here.) He could have lived somewhere else. He could have lobbied the city to install speed bumps. He could have rerouted his driveway either to the top of the rise or farther from it. This is just another example of shared responsibility. Chris

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		Re: personal responsibility (was:Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?)
(...) True, but surely you realize that this is every bit as absurd as my infant- stomping example from my earlier post. He could have been driving a tank. He could have demolished every car driving over the hill. He could have posted a sentry at (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: personal responsibility (was:Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?)
(...) This is an interesting point to consider. What one needs to consider is that being involved in an incident is not what creates your responsibility for avoiding the risk. It just actuallizes the risk. The responsibility for avoiding the risk is (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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