An event happens because a previous event has happened. Can anything ever happen in isolation? Like links added in a chain, a string of events uncoil into history.
Any point in the chain can be conveniently pointed at as a cause for everything that followed. That is how the blaming game goes.
Somewhere I have also contributed to the chain. For me, the only thing worthwhile judging is THAT link. That is the only link whose intentions I had some knowledge of. Did I act with the best of intentions - for the overall good for a long period of time? Or was it for a short-term comfort?
The only person I have a right to question is me. Did I act responsibly?
Incidentally, one of the best definitions of responsibility is: "Responsibility is ........ whatever is in your power to do."
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