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tree and a half
Cream of the Crop
Joined: Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:38 am Posts: 2084
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Do you ever blame the victim?
A person dressed all in black walks down the middle of an unlit curvy country road - they're hit by a car and traumatically injured.
Do you ever blame the victim?
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Sat Dec 30, 2017 6:56 am |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67039
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Re: Do you ever blame the victim?
Blame can be shared in most incidents. It's the degree to which you blame each party that defines you as a person.
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Sat Dec 30, 2017 7:03 am |
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stuffp
Keeping it Light
Joined: Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:06 am Posts: 11203 Location: Bright Falls
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Re: Do you ever blame the victim?
It sounds like tree was the driver.
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Sat Dec 30, 2017 8:15 am |
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Rev
Romosexual!
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 3:06 am Posts: 32101 Location: the last free city
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Re: Do you ever blame the victim?
The car has headlights therefore it gets the majority of the blame
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Sat Dec 30, 2017 8:15 am |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67039
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Re: Do you ever blame the victim?
Rev wrote: The car has headlights therefore it gets the majority of the blame And presumably the person dressed in black has ears and eyes and can see lights and hear the noise of the engine.
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Sat Dec 30, 2017 10:18 am |
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Rev
Romosexual!
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Re: Do you ever blame the victim?
Algren wrote: Rev wrote: The car has headlights therefore it gets the majority of the blame And presumably the person dressed in black has ears and eyes and can see lights and hear the noise of the engine. Car is too fast. Person has slower reaction.
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Sat Dec 30, 2017 11:07 am |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67039
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Re: Do you ever blame the victim?
Are you living in a Pixar movie where cars aren't driven by humans?
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Sat Dec 30, 2017 11:08 am |
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Rev
Romosexual!
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 3:06 am Posts: 32101 Location: the last free city
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Re: Do you ever blame the victim?
Algren wrote: Are you living in a Pixar movie where cars aren't driven by humans? Cars 3 was awesome
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Sat Dec 30, 2017 11:52 am |
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Groucho
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Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:30 pm Posts: 12096 Location: Stroudsburg, PA
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Re: Do you ever blame the victim?
I have a case now where a drunk guy dressed in dark clothes on a dark night stepped into the road and was killed. My client was the driver whose license was revoked but otherwise did not break any driving laws, wasn't drunk, wasn't speeding or anything. He stopped and called 911. Now he's charged because there's a law in Pennsylvania that if you cause a death when you're unlicensed, it's a felony even if you were not at fault.
The DA is being reasonable and is willing to settle for something less, but the victim's family is demanding "justice"...
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Sat Dec 30, 2017 2:31 pm |
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Shack
Devil's Advocate
Joined: Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:30 am Posts: 37993
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Re: Do you ever blame the victim?
Thread title got Chippy worked up for nothing
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Sun Dec 31, 2017 3:35 am |
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Jmart
Superman: The Movie
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:47 am Posts: 21152 Location: Massachusetts
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Re: Do you ever blame the victim?
Yes
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Sun Dec 31, 2017 3:46 am |
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nghtvsn
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Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:13 pm Posts: 11015 Location: Warren Theatre Oklahoma
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Re: Do you ever blame the victim?
There was another case in the news recently where this guy hit some person at night. He claimed he never get the person. I think it was because of their dark clothes but see the driver ended up leaving the scene and lying about what he knew before confessing. However, don’t be out at night in all black for goodness sakes. If it’s dark wear crap I can see. I already hate driving in darkness anyway.
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Sun Dec 31, 2017 6:23 am |
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stuffp
Keeping it Light
Joined: Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:06 am Posts: 11203 Location: Bright Falls
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Re: Do you ever blame the victim?
I think we also have to question who's really the victim, the driver could just as easily get mental traumas from seriously injuring or killing a pedestrian who seemingly was willing to take all the risk in the world and who knows maybe even wanting to get hit.
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Sun Dec 31, 2017 6:47 am |
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:14 pm Posts: 21641 Location: Walking around somewhere
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Re: Do you ever blame the victim?
Blame everyone, works for me.
You don't blame a victim for being a victim, blame him for being a moron.
But really accidents are 50/50 most of the time. If there is intent to harm, then of course you never blame the victim.
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