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Originally posted by mika
Absolutely not.
I blame the one who bears the responsibility for his decisions..
I thought you'd come up with something desparate, so I have to come with another example (although you didn't actually refute the first one)
I cannot expect American people to have access to same information that Bush has.
American people form their opinions based on what they see and read from newspapers, tv etc.
Bush has access to a lot more info (clearly)
Now let's just assume for the argument's sake that Bush had some information which would make the public opinion fall dramatically if they had that information
For example, Bush had inside info that there will be 50k minimum American casualties. Or, Bush knows that Iraq has destroyed chemical weapons and is lying to American people
Conclusion: Blaming Bush and American people is two different things because
i) Bush bears the responsibility of this decision, while American people don't. I shouldn't blame people for something that they are not at all responsible for
ii) Bush has more information than American masses. I can CONSISTENTLY believe, that if American people had access to the same information than Bush, then they would not be supporting the war, and thus I would be clearly blaming people wrongly.
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Since you seem to like fictional scenarios here is mine.
There are three boys...one named Bush...one named Congress...one named America. One of the houses in the neigborhood has a Cherry tree in the back yard. The Cherries look especially ripe and appetizing. The boy named Bush goes to the boy named Congress and convinces Congress to help him pick the Cherries from the tree. Congress agrees that is a good idea but they will need someone to help them both as they cannot reach the Cherries. Bush and Congress go to their friend America and tell him they want to pick the Cherries but they will need some help and they convince America to help. Congress gets ontop of his friend America's shoulders and Bush gets ontop of Congress's shoulders and begins to pick the Cherries. The owner of the Cherry tree spots the boys in the back yard picking his Cherries and goes running out. He tells Bush and Congress I blame you for stealing my Cherries but to America he says "well you were just supporting them on your shoulders so they could steal my Cherries" so you are without blame and can go home now, but these other two boys will know my wrath.