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View Poll Results: When I say I take full responsibility, I mean"
I take full legal responsibility
10.00%
I take full moral responsibility
10.00%
It is an attitude: I do not mean it literally
65.00%
I take full responsibility but mean something else
5.00%
I do not believe in taking full responsibility, and do not agree with any of the options.
10.00%
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Poll: By "When I say I take full responsibility, I mean:"

Old 03-28-07, 01:27 PM
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Poll: By "When I say I take full responsibility, I mean:"

There are no wrong answers, I just want to understand what people mean by it, and what the trends on BF are. If you do not

Here are some explanations of the choices

1- I take full legal responsibility
If I am injured or my property is damaged, I will pay for it, I will not pursue any civil or criminal action against the other person, even if I followed the law, and the other party "broke every law in the book".

2- I take full moral responsibility
If I am injured or my property is damaged, I will not be angry at the other party, I will forgive them, if there is a God I will ask him/her/them to forgive the other party, and I will discourage others from blaming the other party should the occasion arise, even if I followed the law, and the other party "broke every law in the book".

3- It is an attitude: I do not mean it literally
I will do everything in my power to avoid an accident, regardless of fault. I realize that there are things beyond my control; I will focus on what is in my control, like following the law, using sound, established riding principles, and being aware of, and ready to respond to, potential mistakes on the part of others. If I follow every law, and the other party didn't, I will likely pursue action to recover any damages if I feel it would be advantageous to me.
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3, of course. The fact that you had to post this means you've fallen victim to the endless wall of words designed to confuse and disrupt. Take two shots of Cuervo and call me in the morning, my son.
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3. It's the most logical one for me.
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Originally Posted by chipcom
3, of course. The fact that you had to post this means you've fallen victim to the endless wall of words designed to confuse and disrupt. Take two shots of Cuervo and call me in the morning, my son.
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You forgot:

"Taking full responsibility for something" means I personally will blame no one but myself if harm should befall on that something.

In other words: It's an attitude, but I do take it literally.
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What literal blame are you not giving to others?
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blame /bleɪm/Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[bleym]Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciationverb, blamed, blam·ing, noun
–verb (used with object) 1.to hold responsible; find fault with; censure: I don't blame you for leaving him. 2.to place the responsibility for (a fault, error, etc.) (usually fol. by on): I blame the accident on her. 3.Informal. blast; damn (used as a mild curse): Blame the rotten luck. –noun 4.an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof: The judge said he found nothing to justify blame in the accident. 5.responsibility for anything deserving of censure: We must all share the blame for this deplorable condition. —Idiom 6.to blame, at fault; censurable: I am to blame for his lateness.
lit·er·al /ˈlɪtərəl/Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[lit-er-uhl]Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective 1.in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical: the literal meaning of a word. 2.following the words of the original very closely and exactly: a literal translation of Goethe. 3.true to fact; not exaggerated; actual or factual: a literal description of conditions. 4.being actually such, without exaggeration or inaccuracy: the literal extermination of a city. 5.(of persons) tending to construe words in the strict sense or in an unimaginative way; matter-of-fact; prosaic. 6.of or pertaining to the letters of the alphabet. 7.of the nature of letters. 8.expressed by letters. 9.affecting a letter or letters: a literal error. –noun 10.a typographical error, esp. involving a single letter.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < LL litterālis of letters. See letter, al1]
HH, may I suggest that options 1 and 2 are both in line with your post.
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