tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post112853966458855951..comments2023-11-02T11:32:38.324+00:00Comments on The Joy of Curmudgeonry: Blame for CauseDeogolwulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-1128587697211111192005-10-06T09:34:00.000+01:002005-10-06T09:34:00.000+01:00Another superbly brilliant post Deogolwulf.This is...Another superbly brilliant post Deogolwulf.<BR/><BR/>This is a complete (or at least very nearly complete) answer to the general case of which "root causing" is but a specific instance.<BR/><BR/>e.g. "Bombers of London or Madrid or Bali were wrong/bad whatever, but we must examine the root cause of their desperation which is (of course) the war in Iraq/occupation of Palestine etc etc"<BR/><BR/>It is the invocation of a moral agent at each link in the causal chain that is required to trace blame to the root cause.The Pedant-Generalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738418480281658868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-1128546296735397092005-10-05T22:04:00.000+01:002005-10-05T22:04:00.000+01:00Indeed, there are serious historians who argue tha...Indeed, there are serious historians who argue that the final transition in the West from late antiquity ("sub-Roman") to the Dark Ages was a consequence of the Muslim invasions of the Christian East, which so disturbed trade patterns that all hope of a commercial society in the West..well, went west, for many generations. Yep, by their own lights, you can legitimately blame them for anything to do with the West.deariemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654632450454559188noreply@blogger.com