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Re: From Harry Browne
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Tue, 14 Nov 2000 19:53:47 GMT
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On Tue, 14 Nov 2000 16:55:28 GMT, John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote:
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"

i think it's the negative connotation 'blame' carries with it.

--
... they are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they
can see nothing but sea.
-Francis Bacon (1561-1626)



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  Re: From Harry Browne
 
(...) 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)

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