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Originally Posted by Russ_Boston
I think deserve is wrong verb for many of these questions. Like it or not we don't live in a true 'wrong or right' society. And I'm thankful for that. If you don't think there are gray areas on any of these questions then maybe there is such a thing as being TOO judgmental. Judges themselves, whose job it is to be judgmental, have guidelines to go by when sentencing or determining guilt. Even to a judge there is no easy answer sometimes and they have to weigh all the factors.
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I think I meant "with all things being equal" and no obvious excuses. In other words, the speeder knew he was speeding and didn't need to be speeding. The bank robber knew it was wrong and didn't need to rob a bank. The student was slacking off and knew it could mean failure. The suicide person was tired of living. The overweight person living an unhealthy lifestyle knew the risk and decided to take it.
When an overweight person comes into the ER with a heart attack, don't the people on staff ever wonder, "boy, what was he/she thinking?" Many think the word "deserve" is not the right verb. Give me a verb that you think works better. How about the verb "working"? He/she was working on clogging up their arteries and, sure enough, it worked.
There's always the word "qualified". He/she was knowingly living an unhealthy lifestyle and became qualiied for a heart attack. We can use different words to make it nicer, but the actions and results are the same.