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Originally posted by Agamemnon+Dec 22 2004, 10:36 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Agamemnon @ Dec 22 2004, 10:36 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Frank the Tank@Dec 22 2004, 04:30 PM
Should Nintendo be sued because some kid played it for 80 hours straight and messed up his thumb? Should Ford be sued because a dumbass left his kid in the car and suffocated because Ford doesn't make "warning devices" to let you know when you forget your child in a car? See where I'm going with this?
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I sure do. Why not sell automatic weapons and flamethrowers to the general public? Its not the weapons fault if they kill someone, its up to each of us, right? So whats the deal with not being allowed to possess tanks and bombs and stuff? Talk about restrictive legislation, right?
Pretty narrow view in my opinion to say that everyone is responsible for their own actions, all the time, completely ignoring the fact that business/media interests actively seek to mould and shape your choices on a continual basis. Assuming we all have 'free-will' outside of what we've been told by thousands of commercials, movies, tv shows, etc. might be erroneous.
Not to say we have no control at all, but to imply everyone has an equal shot at making the right or wrong decision may tend to ignore their upbringing and influences. [/b][/quote]
I gotta go with Frank on this one. Give me one good reason why someone shouldn't be responsible for their own actions, and I'm talking their own willing intentional actions.
Why should Wal-Mart be held responsible for this girl's death? Becasue they aren't mind readers who can tell that she is lying? Because they didn't break the law and check the lady's prescription, which I'm sure in most cases would just end up being birth control pills and food cream. How could anyone possibly know that checking someone's prescriptions is a good idea. Gee you look unstable, let's see what kind of pills you've been taking.
You think advertising/media/business have that much control over us that we can't even consider it free will? That's just sad. Do I eat at McDonalds? Yes. Does that mean they make me do it? No, I do it because I choose to. If you really think people are so weak that they can have their free will taken away by business/media intrests, then you must have a pretty depressing image of the world.