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Originally Posted by Villages PL
WARNING: If you like dull unemotional threads, this thread may not be for you. You might think I'm "stirring the pot" but I'm just asking questions that I think are interesting.
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1) If I drive my car above the speed limit and I get a speeding ticket, do I deserve to get a ticket?
2) If I slack-off in school and get failing grades, do I deserve to fail?
3) If I go to jail for robbing a bank, do I deserve to be in jail?
4) If I live an unhealthy livestyle, knowing that it will likely lead to poor health, do I deserve poor health?
5) If I jump off the Golden Gate Bridge, knowing that I will most likely not survive the fall, do I deserve to die?
6) If you say something that you know is judgemental, do you deserve to be judged?
If you answered "no" to all of the above, do you think there's ever a situation when people deserve the results of their actions? If you answered "yes" to some of the above, are you being judgemental?
Okay, fire away! 
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Some of these questions are a bit simplistic.
There are many extremely successful people who received bad grades at some point in their lives and went on to great achievements. Einstein. Many celebrities in music, acting, etc. have such backgrounds.
Suicides can be done for any variety of reasons. It depends a lot on the circumstances/culture/time period, etc. Think Masada. Marilyn Monroe.
There are various speed traps in Florida where you might be going two miles over the limit and get a ticket because that is the way that community's funds are boosted.
It is hard to know the whole story about many people so I find it had to be judgmental especially considering how fallible our knowledge of the facts can be. All those defendants cleared by DNA testing often because of the game like nature of our legal system and the egos involved.