A Wisdom Archive on blame

Energy Field:
A continuously distributed something in space that accounts for actions at a distance; an area where energy does something. Don’t blame me for the vagueness of this definition; it’s a standard one used in modern physics.

 
(See also: Energy Field, Pagan, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary )

Turnout was estimated at about 50 percent, substantially lower than at the presidential election in October 2004. This is blamed on the lack of identifiable party lists as a result of Afghanistan's new electoral law, which left voters in many cases unclear on who they were voting for. Turnout was highest in the Turkmen, Uzbek and Tajik ethnic minority provinces in the north - generally over 60 percent - and lowest (below 30 percent) in some of the Pashtun-speaking south-eastern areas where the Taliban insurgency is strongest. Turnout ...

Read more here: » Afghan parliamentary election 2005: Encyclopedia II - Afghan parliamentary election 2005 - Turnout

The failure caused a savage outburst of wrath in the country. Byng was brought home, tried by court-martial, condemned to death, and shot on 14 March 1757 at Portsmouth, aboard HMS Monarch. The severity of the penalty, aided by a not unjust suspicion that the ministry sought to cover themselves by throwing all the blame on the admiral, led in after time to a reaction in favour of Byng. It became a commonplace to say that he was put to death for an error of judgment. The court had indeed acquitted him of personal cowardice or of ...

Read more here: » John Byng: Encyclopedia II - John Byng - Court-martial trial and execution

Christianity emerged from Judaism, which is considered by some a patriarchal religion, because God is almost always referred to with masculine pronouns. Judaism maintains that God has no gender. According to Jewish tradition, Eve, the first woman, was created out of the rib of Adam, the first man. Interpreters consider this to indicate a natural inferiority of women within the creation story of the religion. Eve's weakness has sometimes been blamed for causing Adam's fall, and thus for humanity's fall into original sin. This claim was ...

Read more here: » Christian views of women: Encyclopedia II - Christian views of women - Introduction

Miller's views on the American Dream are clearly demonstrated throughout the play, but especially in the Requiem. Charley's speech, beginning 'Nobody dast blame this man.' sums up the play, and is a fantastic source to quote. 'He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you the law or give you medicine.' Here, Miller is explaining that being a Salesman does not have a fulfilling role in life. They are not part of something with potential. Building, applying the law and healing the sick are a ...

Read more here: » Death of a Salesman: Encyclopedia II - Death of a Salesman - Requiem

Dieter Zetsche, former President and CEO of the Chrysler Group and the Mercedes Car Group, became the head of DaimlerChyrsler on January 1, 2006. Chairman Juergen E. Schrempp resigned from his position at the end of 2005 as head of the world's fifth largest auto manufacturer. In an agreement with the board of directors and Schrempp, he terminated his employment with the company early (his contract ran through 2008). Schrempp has been blamed for the fall of the company's share price since Daimler-Benz's merger with the Chrysler Group i ...

Read more here: » DaimlerChrysler: Encyclopedia II - DaimlerChrysler - Leadership

The popular conception of "comfort women" outside Japan is that all comfort women were kidnapped by Japanese soldiers to serve as sex slaves under direct order from the Japanese government. The Japanese who are familiar with the issue believe that there are aspects that are missed. Prostitution and bonded labour were both legal when the events of WWII unfolded. Apologists for the Japanese government assert that if the middlemen were coercing women, then much of the blame, whether legal or moral, can be shifted to them. While there is ...

Read more here: » Comfort women: Encyclopedia II - Comfort women - The ongoing debate over comfort women