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Re: From Harry Browne
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 14 Nov 2000 17:09:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
> > > If, as a
> > > responsible adult, one chooses to use drugs, who then is to blame?
> >
> > 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.
From this note and the couple of replies, it sounds like you think that "blame"
is somehow synonymous with "responsibility." It isn't. Blame include fault.
Fault for doing something wrong.
You claim that JohnD's note is an argument of semantics, but I don't think so.
I think that you and Steve, at the head of the drug part of this thread, were
distinctly implying that drug use is somehow inherently bad. It isn't.
SOmetimes people let it get away from them, and they do bad things. But there
is no fault or blame to assign when someone responsibly uses recreational
drugs.
I feel no guilt for my use of alcohol. None. I don't use any other
recreational drugs, but not because it's wrong, just because it doesn't appeal
to me.
Chris
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: From Harry Browne
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| (...) Well lessee. From Dictionary.com: blame v. tr. blamed, blam·ing, blames. 1.To hold responsible. 2.To find fault with; censure. 3.To place responsibility for (something): blamed the crisis on poor planning. n. 1.The state of being responsible (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: From Harry Browne
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| (...) Just for clarification, dictionary.com lists: blame (blam) v. tr. blamed, blam·ing, blames. 1. To hold responsible. 2. To find fault with; censure. 3. To place responsibility for (something): blamed the crisis on poor planning. (URL) So, while (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: From Harry Browne
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| (...) *A-hem* Please go reread my posting. Especially the first couple lines, before the quoted material. I was *assuming*, not *implying*. Steve (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: From Harry Browne
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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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