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Originally Posted by rubecube
Holy hell, I'm going to see if I can make this simple for you. You seem to be arguing that these celebrities took an unnecessary risk for the purposes of entertainment/intimacy that ended with a negative result, therefore they are partially to blame. Do you realize how insane that sounds when applied to virtually every recreational activity in life? I was playing soccer a couple of months ago and ended up with a concussion, after getting elbowed in the head by some dirty, cheap, piece of crap. Now, to me it's obvious who is to blame here. However, by your logic, if I didn't want a concussion, I shouldn't have been playing soccer.
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In isn't inane though. Many people quit playing contact sports as adults because the risk of injury is too high. Many people accept those risk. I don't think anyone is saying they took an unneccessary risk. I think people are saying that if you take a risk evaluate the consequences of the risk regardless of anyone elses behaviour.
And yes in your example the dirty play was to blame however if the risk of concussion which you were aware of when you began the activity were acceptable you can't just blame the guy who did the dirty play. You were active in the decision to put yourself at risk. And only you can evaluate if that risk is worth the benefits.
In general people underestimate risk and over estimate benefits making people very poor at risk based decision making.