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re: Why does society now feel the need to assign blame for everything that happens?
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:03 pm to DosManos
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:03 pm to DosManos
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Cause people make money off of the blame game.
THIS.
We, as a society, have gotten away from learning from our mistakes. Instead, we shift blame to keep others from having any sort of power or prideful moment over us, while fighting to accomplish the same thing over them. Human nature is taking over in our society from top to bottom, and history is about to make human nature its bitch yet again. It may not be in our time, but a revolution is coming, and it may not be pretty. Hopefully the next few voting cycles can turn that around.
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Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:13 pm to DanTiger
people like to place blame because it works, in a lot of cases, to resolve something bad that would otherwise happen over and over again. seat belts are a good example of something positive coming from this, or kill switches on outboard motors.
unfortunately, there are a lot of "innocent bystanders" that get caught in the onslaught of blame placing, and who are financially or otherwise ruined because of someone else being stupid or irresponsible. it's a hard line to walk, and it is very easily abused because there is a lot of money involved.
unfortunately, there are a lot of "innocent bystanders" that get caught in the onslaught of blame placing, and who are financially or otherwise ruined because of someone else being stupid or irresponsible. it's a hard line to walk, and it is very easily abused because there is a lot of money involved.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:15 pm to DanTiger
Because people want someone to blame for everything. This is a result of the prevailing attitude most people have nowadays that nothing is their fault. Since nothing is their fault, it's got to be someone else's fault.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:19 pm to DanTiger
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Every contingency in life cannot be accounted for and sometimes mistakes are made
well then who gets sued?
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:23 pm to Darth_Vader
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This is a result of the prevailing attitude most people have nowadays that nothing is their fault. Since nothing is their fault, it's got to be someone else's fault.
It's funny to me that you think this is some kind of a new phenomenon.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:23 pm to DanTiger
Ask my wife ....... 
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:24 pm to Darth_Vader
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Because people want someone to blame for everything. This is a result of the prevailing attitude most people have nowadays that nothing is their fault. Since nothing is their fault, it's got to be someone else's fault.
Yep-responsibility for one's actions has gone out the door
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:32 pm to DanTiger
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Should the CIA be blamed for not determining that 911 was about to happen? Should the FBI be blamed for letting the Boston bomber leave and come back into the country?
The preamble of the Constitution establishes the responsibilities of the federal government. One of those responsibilities include "provide for the common defense". So to answer your questions, yes, in those scenarios, blame should be assigned.
Consider the Boston Bombing where the Russion government warned the United States about Tsarnaev, and yet no real action was taken. That's a failure. Same goes for 9/11 when multiple sources were contacted intelligence agencies about potential terrorist plots. Another failure. And guess what? Innocent people died because of it.
This post was edited on 4/17/14 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:33 pm to lsu2006
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It's funny to me that you think this is some kind of a new phenomenon.
It's not exactly new (I never said it was BTW) but it is getting worse.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:35 pm to PapiGogo
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The preamble of the Constitution establishes the responsibilities of the federal government. One of those responsibilities include "provide for the common defense". So to answer your questions, yes, in those scenarios, blame should be assigned.
Consider the Boston Bombing where the Russion government warned the United States about Tsarnaev, and yet no real action was taken. That's a failure. Same goes for 9/11 when multiple sources were contacted intelligence agencies about potential terrorist plots. Another failure. And guess what? Innocent people died because of it.
You sure do hate you some fed gov.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:48 pm to DanTiger
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When did this start? Do any of you remember seeing the shift begin?
OJ Simpson and Desert Storm 1. Those 2 events completely reshaped the news, OJ pushed news organization down a path that's more about infotainment for maximum ratings than true journalism. And Desert Storm 1 made the 24/7 news cycle mainstream. Now we are bombarded non stop with bad news stories, because good news stories are boring. And because of that we are now conditioned to treat every minor thing like it's a big deal.
Part of me has a problem with this analysis because it seems like the attack on video games in the 90's saying they lead to violence, which I never thought was very valid. But the 24/7 news cycle of sensationalizing mostly bad news seems to fit. Our overreactions are getting even worse now that we've gone from the 24/7 news cycle to the twitter instant news cycle. Everyone knee jerks over everything and with social media, they feel the need to give their uninformed opinion immediately. We have empowered the mob, and sometimes that's a good thing, but the mob is unfathomably stupid most of the time.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:53 pm to TigerinATL
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And because of that we are now conditioned to treat every minor thing like it's a big deal.
Damn good point. People in this country, in general, seem to be balls of anxiety constantly worried about every little thing. A few weeks ago everyone thought the world was going to end because we were going to war with Russia and only a missing plane from another country was able to avert ther attention. I remember thinking the Russians were going to nuke us everyday and not worrying about it because the news came on twice per day and was about 30 minutes long.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 1:57 pm to DanTiger
I agree with that. The information age is deteriorating our sensibilities, to some degree. It's hard to tell if the constant overload of information has made people more gullible, or if it's just revealing the condition.
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