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Re: personal responsibility (was:Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 26 May 2000 19:15:45 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
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> > 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
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> 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.
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 the top of the hill to stop cars going in excess of an acceptable
speed. At some point--and I think we've reached it--the assignment of
responsibility becomes as ridiculous as the denial of it.
Dave!
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