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Why does society now feel the need to assign blame for everything that happens?
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:22 pm
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:22 pm
I don't remember things being like this when I was younger but perhaps my memory is faulty. Sometimes bad things just happen. 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? Every contingency in life cannot be accounted for and sometimes mistakes are made. I don't believe people want to hear this any longer and now somebody must be blamed for everything. If a plane crashes because a 20yr old bolt broke that company must be blamed.
Is the assignment of blame an aid in finding resolution for people? Have you seen this change in your lifetime as well or am I off my rocker?
Is the assignment of blame an aid in finding resolution for people? Have you seen this change in your lifetime as well or am I off my rocker?
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Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:22 pm to DanTiger
It's definitely the government's fault some dude got caught stealing refills.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:23 pm to DanTiger
Cause people make money off of the blame game.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:24 pm to DanTiger
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Is the assignment of blame an aid in finding resolution for people? Have you seen this change in your lifetime as well or am I off my rocker?
People don't like to think random events happen, and if someone is to blame, it means it was because of the fault of one person/company, not that mistakes are inherently human and you can die from them.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:25 pm to DanTiger
This happens at work all of the time. It drives me crazy. People spend more time and energy trying to assign blame than just fixing the damn problem.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:26 pm to DanTiger
One word: Lawyers.
Their countless lawsuits have influenced the way society thinks about accountability.
Their countless lawsuits have influenced the way society thinks about accountability.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:27 pm to BAMAisDIESEL09
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This happens at work all of the time. It drives me crazy. People spend more time and energy trying to assign blame than just fixing the damn problem.
ain't that the troof
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:27 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
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One word: Lawyers.
Their countless lawsuits have influenced the way society thinks about accountability
What happened between you and a lawyer? You always seem to jump into any thread with some kind of lawyer bashing. Just curious
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:28 pm to BAMAisDIESEL09
quote:I'm actually a little envious of the guys who practiced engineering in the generations before me. We literally spend half of our time trying to make sure that a contractor or lawyer can't screw us. Plans sometimes border on unreadable because of all the shite we have to spell out and disclaimers that we have to include.
People spend more time and energy trying to assign blame than just fixing the damn problem.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:28 pm to Larry
quote:Lol. Nothing, fortunately. But see above post.
What happened between you and a lawyer?
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:29 pm to Larry
quote:you should sue him
You always seem to jump into any thread with some kind of lawyer bashing
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:30 pm to DanTiger
We assign blame because it's always someone's wrongdoing.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:31 pm to DanTiger
It's one thing for a tragedy to occur due to a random like a bolt breaking. It's another thing for human error/lack of common sense to prevent one. Sometimes things fall through the cracks true but we need to make sure that it wasn't indicative of a larger problem. The blame game is a crude but effective method of holding people accountable
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:32 pm to DanTiger
Understanding why something happens is not the same as assigning blame.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:35 pm to DanTiger
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Sometimes bad things just happen.
Thing's don't just happen, they usually are caused by another human. What is different now is we fly off the handle over small things and we expect punishments that don't fit the crime. If a business screws up our order we not only want that order free, we want our next order free and we want the person that screwed up to get fired and never work again. Our expectations of the world have become very unrealistic and are not the same standards we hold ourselves to.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:36 pm to DanTiger
This isn't anything new. It's just the baby boomer generation blaming everything on the youth that they themselves raised
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:42 pm to TigerinATL
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Thing's don't just happen, they usually are caused by another human. What is different now is we fly off the handle over small things and we expect punishments that don't fit the crime. If a business screws up our order we not only want that order free, we want our next order free and we want the person that screwed up to get fired and never work again. Our expectations of the world have become very unrealistic and are not the same standards we hold ourselves to.
This is the way I see it as well. When did this start? Do any of you remember seeing the shift begin?
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:57 pm to DosManos
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Cause people make money off of the blame game.
This, and on the flip side, people can lose money if they themselves don't participate in the blame game. It has much to do with the increase in media consumption. There weren't always so many news outlets on TV (not to mention the Internet).
Now there's more competition for ad revenue, 24-hour news channels, multiple time slots, all-day special reports on the same event at the same time by a dozen different news outlets. They all have to do something to distinguish themselves from the rest and justify the need for extended coverage, leading to tons of filler/jabbering and speculation. Speculation leads to blame, lawyers have an opportunity to cash in, so the accused are essentially powerless against the media juggernaut unless they participate in the blame game themselves.
The constant inflow of information in our lives is what has led to this 'era of outrage' IMO.
This post was edited on 4/17/14 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:59 pm to Jcorye1
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People don't like to think random events happen, and if someone is to blame, it means it was because of the fault of one person/company, not that mistakes are inherently human and you can die from them.
Yes.
Plus, people love to be angry and love drama.
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