On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:32:03 -0700, "C.H." >
wrote:

>> There's no question that the guy who crossed the double yellow has the
>> lion's share of the blame. However, that doesn't mean the Sloth is
>> entirely blameless. He is the one who created the dangerous situation in
>> the first place.
>
>The unsafe situation was created by the guy passing where it was not safe
>to do so. In traffic there are always situations where you are behind a
>slow car.
>
>It is the responsibility of the passing driver to make sure that it is
>safe to pass, when doing so. And it is no excuse to say 'but he was a
>sloth'.

When one child in a school classroom is disruptive, annoying his
classmates and verbally taunting the other kids until they get ****ed
off and sock him in the nose, who should be removed from the class?
Should the troublemaker be allowed to stay just because one of his
victims was pushed too far and threw a punch?