Primitives discuss responsibility

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digonswine Donating Member (430 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Oct-23-11 05:20 PM
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At what point is a person responsible for his or her actions?
   
This is, in part, in response to a post about al-Awlaki's son, unjustly killed. It got me thinking, though. Anyone who thinks a bit knows that a person's history, environment, and genetics plays a big part in who they become and what they do. The more you look into someone's past-say a murderer or abuser or you name it, the more difficult it becomes to truly assign responsibility to their actions--at least sometimes. The fact is-those sexually abused tend to repeat this behavior. Those raised in violent households tend towards violence, etc. I'm a lucky duck, since I was not exposed to this poison.
I worked with sexually abused young males for 13 years. Many we helped, many others were ****ed from the get-go. I saw 12 and 13 year-olds that everyone knew were going to be consciousless sociopaths that would leave a victim trail until they were caught up in the system.
As a thinking person-I honestly wished some of these people would disappear--like-ceased to live.
At some point-some people no longer have the ability to change. For some--a piece of shit at 15 is a piece of shit at 25.

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All responsibility lays on George W Bush, if it is something bad, if it is something good then it belongs to 0bama.

ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Oct-23-11 05:34 PM
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3. Technically, no one is responsible for their actions. Responsibility is a made-up, human concept.
   
Responsibility is like beauty, it is in the eye of the beholder.

Responsibility as cause and effect is real, but that is not the use of the word in the OP. I believe the OP is referring to responsibility as moral fault.

Unless the person is a repuke then they are personally responsible for everything, including taking care of you goons.

[AprilRazz]

ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-23-11 05:34 PM
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3. Technically, no one is responsible for their actions. Responsibility is a made-up, human concept.
   
Responsibility is like beauty, it is in the eye of the beholder.

Responsibility as cause and effect is real, but that is not the use of the word in the OP. I believe the OP is referring to responsibility as moral fault.

Somehow this answer does not surprise me.

[NHSparky]

Jesus, they're like a bunch of four-year olds trapped in adult bodies.