“Commentators frequently blame MMORPGs for an increasing sense of isolation modern life. But virtual worlds are less a cause of that isolation than a response to it. Virtual worlds give back what has been scooped out of modern life. The virtual world is in important ways more authentically human than the real world. It gives us back community, a feeling of competence, and a sense of being an important person whom people depend on.” PeopleWorldWayGivingHumansPersonsHas BeensImportantRealFeelingsCausesCommunityModernDependsBlameResponseIsolationReal WorldGiving BackCompetenceModern LifeCommentatorsVirtual RealityImportant PersonVirtual World Author:Jonathan Gottschall
“[Comics is] one of the last havens for honesty when it comes to a reader's genuine response to art. Most of us, if we don't find any sympathy or pleasure, for example, in a modern painting, are likely to blame our own ignorance of the history and theory of painting. But nobody pretends to like a bad comic strip. Such harshness is necessary for any real truth to surface, I think, and for art to really contribute anything to life. Though I don't know. I could be wrong.” IfsThinkingKnowsArtRealLastsPleasureModernHavensHonestyExampleIgnorancePaintingTheoryReaderBlameResponseSurfaceGenuineComicComic StripsHarshnessReal Truth Author:Chris Ware
“When someone comes under abuse or attack a characteristic response is to blame yourself, especially if you are locked into a relationship of being attacked regularly, and making apologies for your abuser. It actually affects Christians living in Islamic circumstances more, and one Palestinian Christian spoke about that problem of needing to defend Islam in order to protect yourself.” IfsProblemChristianOrderCircumstancesProtectAbuseBlameResponseIslamCharacteristicsIslamicSpokesApologyLockedPalestinianAbusersProtect Yourself Author:Mark Durie
“We faced a crisis caused by the Federal Reserve, the corporate tax system, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the Community Reinvestment Act. But the response of many people in Washington was to blame it on capitalism.” PeopleCommunityTaxesCapitalismCrisisBlameResponseCorporateReservesMacsFederal ReserveMaeTax System Author:David Boaz
“Although my own view is that bin Laden does not want to stage an attack that looks like 9/11 in Europe simply because he does not want to be the agent of Trans-Atlantic reconciliation. I think they will continue to do attacks like Madrid, the British attack, the subway systems, because those attacks have proven that the European response so far has been to blame the domestic government, not to side with the Americans.” ThinkingWantLooksDoeHas BeensGovernmentSidesMy OwnViewsStageEuropeBlameResponseBritishAgentsProvenReconciliationBin LadenTransSubwayMadrid Author:Michael Scheuer
“Our response has been, "Well, let's then make an effort to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit around the table." That hasn't happened. So we only have ourselves to blame for this crisis.” WellsHas BeensEffortHappenedCrisisTablesBlameResponsePalestinian Author:Abdallah II
“Look at the word responsibility-"response-ability"-the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice, based on values, rather than a product of their conditions, based on feeling.” PeopleLooksFeelingsValuesChoicesAbilityResponsibilityConditionsProductsCircumstancesBehaviorConsciousBlameResponseConditioningProactiveAbility To Choose Book:The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
“Blaming speculators as a response to financial crisis goes back at least to the Greeks. It's almost always the wrong response.” CrisisBlameResponseInvestingFinancialGreekFinancial CrisisSpeculators Author:Lawrence Summers
“I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things.” InspirationalGovernmentEconomyTaxesBlameResponseComplainingEmployeeGasGas Prices Author:Jack Canfield
“The spiritual response is too often a simplistic one: we abandon God or we blame God for abandoning us.” SpiritualBlameResponseAbandon Author:Joan D. Chittister