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Re: From Harry Browne
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 14 Nov 2000 15:06:38 GMT
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"John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message
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> Christopher Weeks wrote:
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> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
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> > > If, as a
> > > responsible adult, one chooses to use drugs, who then is to blame?
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> > No one. If they are responsible adults, there is no blame to assign. • They are
> > using whatever drugs as they wish.
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> I was hoping for the "no one to blame but themselves" response. "no one" • makes it
> sound like it isn't the individual's responsibility.
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> -John
The problem, John, is assigning blame. Do you blame yourself for eating
dinner? Do you blame yourself (or your parents) for the job you have? It's
not a matter of blame, it's a matter of choice. In the USA, our choices in
this matter are severely and unjustly (for the fans of justice among us)
limited. Making choices is a big part of being a responsible adult. Scott
Arthur enjoys not having that responsibilty to contend with. I wonder what
other of his own responsibilities he'd be willing to give to someone else?
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| (...) I think we're talking semantics here. If I blame myself for having eaten dinner, it means I am taking responsibility for the choice to have eaten. "You have no one to blame but yourself" is an expression meaning "You are responsible" -John (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: From Harry Browne
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| (...) ... and what if one does not have the ability to make that choice? What then John? Just leave them to rot? (...) I have choice. I choose to not want guns in my society for example. Every single day of the my life I could choose to be a (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I was hoping for the "no one to blame but themselves" response. "no one" makes it sound like it isn't the individual's responsibility. -John (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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