Where is Personal Accountability in America?

[Mike_Indy]

One of my biggest gripes with the state of the US as it is today... people are so quick to avoid personal accountability.
Guy breaks into a home, is armed and gets killed - his family sues because he was a "good" guy.
Politicians don't lie, they "Mis-Speak" - he is leading in the election polls for his primary.

Then there is this women...
washingtonpost.com

Throw her out of court and dis-bar her attorney for presenting such a pathetic case.

 

[IndyMonkey]

People have no shame/self respect anymore.

 

[jsharmon7]

If you're not smart enough to decide whether crossing the road is safe, you deserve to be hit by a car. If this woman wins, what keeps other idiots from intentionally hurting themselves so they can sue a big company?

 

[SSGSAD]

There hasn't been accountability, for some time now, I blame, schools, parents, (I know there are still some good parents out there), LIBERALS.
They do not teach ANYTHING, in school, anymore. Everybody has this me,
me, me, attitude...

 

[Boilers]

Do you think some real struggling (eg World War) could have beneficial effects on this populace? Sometimes I wonder.

 

[IndyMonkey]

Do you think some real struggling (eg World War) could have beneficial effects on this populace? Sometimes I wonder.

The recession the last few years was enough to get me back to financial responsibility.

I dont think a depression for a few years would hurt.

Americans are very wasteful. Until you spend some time out of the states its hard to realize to what extent.

 

[Colt556]

She's unemployed but has an expensive phone and computer access! These young people are totally helpless w/o some modern toy tellin them what to do! JMHO...

 

[88E30M50]

It really is a sad state of affairs we live in. Too many people feel they are entitled to a safe, happy life, but don't want to do the work to achieve it. The government should solve all of their problems so they don't have to be bothered with them. To them, unemployment does not mean hunger or homelessness, it means they have to put off that new phone or only partying with friends twice a week because there is always a safety net there somewhere.

That type of person will have a rude awakening coming in the next couple of years. I don't expect them to be in the group coming through it intact.

 

[Bendrx]

"plus more for lost wages" She's UNEMPLOYED, what wages? Is she a lady of the night or something? Clearly she never played Frogger when she was a kid.

 

[leftsock]

"We think there's enough fault to go around, but Google had some responsibility to direct people correctly or warn them," Young said. "They created a trap with walking instructions that people rely on. She relied on it and thought she should cross the street."

Maybe she didn't read the fine print at the bottom of her directions.

 

[bft131]

The NY Times ran a story today on who is responsible for college students with massive debt...WTF??? How about them !!! The story was bascially about a NY women who now lives in San Fran..(doesnt want to leave it), cant afford her rent, works for a photgrapher and majored in religious and womens studies...and she owes $100,000 in college debt, and keeps on going to night school so she can defer her debt...No responsibility...I keep preaching that to my baseball team but it keeps going in one ear and out the other.....it all starts with parents...

 

[gohard43]

Unreal. Its always someone elses fault/responsibility. SOME PEOPLE man oh man. I can't believe they allow that lady to keep going to night school??

 

[leftsock]

I'm reminded of this recent article:

For Some Homeowners in Foreclosure, a Rent-Free Approach - NYTimes.com

Any moral qualms are overshadowed by a conviction that the banks created the crisis by snookering homeowners with loans that got them in over their heads.

Apparently it's the bank's fault that these people agreed to take on debt that they couldn't afford.

 

[9lock]

There hasn't been accountability, for some time now, I blame, schools, parents, (I know there are still some good parents out there), LIBERALS.
They do not teach ANYTHING, in school, anymore. Everybody has this me,
me, me, attitude...

Well done, spoken just like a nonparent, my favorite is, "yeah kids are like having dogs"

 

[U.S. Patriot]

Politicians and corporate big wigs are not held accountable, so why should citizens be?

 

[9lock]

Politicians and corporate big wigs are not held accountable, so why should citizens be?

There you go! If the "pillars of society" are not setting a good example others will think if they can do it, so can I.

 

[Boilers]

The NY Times ran a story today on who is responsible for college students with massive debt...WTF??? How about them !!! The story was bascially about a NY women who now lives in San Fran..(doesnt want to leave it), cant afford her rent, works for a photgrapher and majored in religious and womens studies...and she owes $100,000 in college debt, and keeps on going to night school so she can defer her debt...No responsibility...I keep preaching that to my baseball team but it keeps going in one ear and out the other.....it all starts with parents...

Read these facebook posts and you'll wonder if many people understand what
debt/loans mean.

(as noted in this thread https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...le_are_saying.html?highlight=youropenbook.org )


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[LPPOsecurity]

Wow, it's instances like this where I wish there were large creatures to eat stupid people, that woman deserves to get by a car and die if she isn't smart enough to kno when to cross the street, that's stuff u learn in grade school

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

I JUST got off the phone with Christa. Guided her into the main entrance of Summit Lake state park because her GPS wouldn't give her good directions, and God forbid she just look at a map. How did I do it? Googled up a MAP of the area, thus using a blend of modern technology, and the cartographer's friend, a good ol' fashioned map. Heaven help us.
Fortunately, she has more sense than to try to WALK across SR 3 in traffic... unlike the plaintiff. In an age without so many lawyers, that would've just been Darwinism at work.

 

[Suprtek]

And then there's all those incidents you hear about where people are running into buildings or lakes because their GPS told them to.