re: Who are you, as an individual, responsible for?

My dog. That's about it.

I don't feel responsible for anyone's actions but my own and my children. My wife is a grown arse woman and is responsible for her own actions.

I don't give a frick about what people in Houston do. I don't give a frick about what white people do. I don't give a frick about what Deist/Agnostics do. I have no control over anyone but myself and I am only responsible for my children's? actions insofar as they learn behavior from me (to the extent it isn't learned from their peers).

Anyone who feels responsible for anyone else based on race, creed, religion, ethnicity or otherwise is setting his or herself up for terrible disappointment.