This is a thread with an agenda!
"Deserve" is a very emotionally loaded word and should not be confused with cause and effect.
A guy continually pokes a bear with a stick until the bear has had enough and mauls the guy. Was the mauling a consequence of the poking? Definitely yes. Did the guy "deserve" to be mauled? That's an entirely different question. Does anyone deserve to be mauled by a bear?
A heavy smoker suffers a heart attack, is advised to quit smoking, but refuses. He shortly there after has a second heart attack, this time fatal. Was his second heart attack caused by his heavy smoking. I would say probably yes. Did he "deserve" to have a second heart attack (or deserve to die and be found on the floor by his wife)? Once again, this is an entirely different question.
Indeed, actions (and choices) have consequences.
But whether or not these consequences are "deserved" is a moral question. And not a question of logic.
IMNSHO
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