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What is it with people? Why do they have to blame? Why do they feel a need to find the person responsible for things that happen?
And the part that angers me is that people equate finding the reasons behind an occurrence with affixing blame.
I've seen it over and over, and as expected it has reappeared.
You say something like, "we need to keep this from happening again. America's policies are wrong and maybe if we change them, attacks like this will be less likely." and immediately someone jumps on you and screams that, "this isn't our fault! You're a godless commie pig and you should be shot for insinuating that anyone besides those ragheads did this." Or at best, "You damn liberals don't understand anything about personal responsibility. Bin Laden did this. Not us. We didn't hijack any planes. Next you'll say it is his parent's fault for not raising him right."
But they're missing the point. We don't need to affix blame. We only need to do our part to make sure the mistakes don't happen again.
And the part that angers me is that people equate finding the reasons behind an occurrence with affixing blame.
I've seen it over and over, and as expected it has reappeared.
You say something like, "we need to keep this from happening again. America's policies are wrong and maybe if we change them, attacks like this will be less likely." and immediately someone jumps on you and screams that, "this isn't our fault! You're a godless commie pig and you should be shot for insinuating that anyone besides those ragheads did this." Or at best, "You damn liberals don't understand anything about personal responsibility. Bin Laden did this. Not us. We didn't hijack any planes. Next you'll say it is his parent's fault for not raising him right."
But they're missing the point. We don't need to affix blame. We only need to do our part to make sure the mistakes don't happen again.
