[PRCo] Re: Responsibility

[Fred Schneider]

I have to agree with you Jim.   There is a lot to be said for  
accepting some responsibility for a chunk of what happens to you when  
you get out of bed in the morning.   I don't agree that because  
someone else hit you he was he was guilty.   There are things called  
accidents.   The operative word is accident.   You or I were there at  
the wrong time.  You or I may have caused it or been the victim but  
it was an accident.   Accept some responsibility just because it is  
part of your day and go on with life.

I remember a chap who plowed into the back of me on I-79 south of  
Pittsburgh two years ago.   His insurance company was surprised when  
I pointed out to them that the weather was unusual ... a sudden  
microburst of rain.  He could not see and neither could I.   He was  
no more guilty than the man in the moon.   Their response was, the  
only way you can get him off the hook was to pay it yourself.   I  
wasn't going to pay for the damages but I sure as hell would not have  
sued the man for pain and suffering.

On Jan 20, 2007, at 6:54 AM, Jim Holland wrote:

> trams2 at comcast.net wrote:
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>> It has been my experience that lawyers, like all other professionals,
>> have both good actors and bad actors. What bothers me more than the
>> relative worthiness of any profession is the concept that American
>> people don't have to be responsible for their own actions, choosing
>> instead to blame everything on others. Likewise, the application of
>> today's standards to past design practices is specious, just as is  
>> the
>> interpretation of history in anything other than its own time.
>> If it's our own fault that we kill ourselves, why should others pay?
>>
>> Ed
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> I  Have  Constantly // Continually  thought the same:       American
> ethics is to Pass The Buck Of Responsibility  --  Absolutely Never  
> Ever
> Accept Responsibility for Anything!!!
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> In stark contrast, Japanese accept and identify their own  
> responsibility
> and this may be true of Asians at large.       This was driven home to
> me when, within the last 20-years, a JAL passenger jet slammed into  
> Mt.
> Fuji.       The President of the Company immediately accepted
> responsibility, took the accident quite personally, and it was feared
> that he might commit suicide  (Not Even Thinking of trying to spell  
> the
> Japanese name for same(!~!))  as a way of identifying personal
> responsibility.
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> Americans have been Very Independent Minded ever since the founding of
> the country with Democracy and Free Enterprise accenting this
> independence and lack of responsibility.       Insurance is a prime
> example of passing the buck with InHuman nature kicking in  --  they
> gave an inch so let's take a mile!       The more we get the more we
> expect and we just aren't satisfied.       If we can't get it it is  
> the
> fault of someone else.       We    D--O    have a wonderful country
> here, but because it is an ImPerfect World  --  VERY___FAR  from
> Perfect  --  there are some serious problems as well.!!
> .
> Getting late  --  actually, got late long ago  --  now 4-AM Left Coast
> time and I need to get to bed.       Not thinking clearly and not
> weaving this together properly  --  but has been much on my mind the
> last several weeks.       The more we understand OurSelves and Face  
> the
> Truth  AND  take responsibility for ourselves the more rewarding and
> fulfilling our lives will be.
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> Jim___Holland
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