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Re: From Harry Browne
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 14 Nov 2000 18:06:22 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> From this note and the couple of replies, it sounds like you think
> that "blame" is somehow synonymous with "responsibility." It isn't. Blame
> includes fault. Fault for doing something wrong.
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.
http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=blame
So, while blame *can* imply fault, it can also simply be a designation of
responsibility without assigning fault, as John had indicated.
Dave!
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| (...) Can you (or John, or anyone) supply a sentence demonstrating how 'blame' can be used without indicating that something bad has taken place? I'm quick to use the dictionary too, but I don't think that it is perfectly reflective of our use of (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) are (...) makes it (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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