Shifting The Blame
I guess nobody likes to take the blame if it can safely be shifted onto somebody else. It is normal human behavior. The further we can shift the blame, the better. We try to get as may people as possible between us and the blame.
Sometimes, when there is no way out, we buy face by taking half the responsibility. It is just to say: “Look, I’m not responsible. Somebody else is to blame but he does not want to own up.”
And when all the fingers point at you and there is no way out, we play noble and take the blame square on ourselves. Nothing noble there, were just making martyrs of ourselves while trying to show others how just we are.
We’ve been like this since the beginning of time. It is interesting to note who is blamed when Adam and Eve appears before God after screwing up big time.
Eve has no problem. She can blame the serpent. She does not take co-responsibility. It was the serpent alone.
Adam however, has a problem. He had no dealings with the serpent. Other than himself, he only has his wife to blame. But does he do that? Oh no, he’s way too bright for that. He shifts the blame straight onto God. He Said: “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree.”
A wise man Adam was indeed. What right-thinking man is going to jeopardize his next nookie by snitching on his wife?
A great day to you and remember, the further you shift it, the better.
Comments (12)
Hello Catfoot
Hope your week starts with a bang?
Thanks, Well I did bump my head with a loud bang this morning.
I'm sure you're not to blame.
Stay Blessed My Friend!!
Goodenuph
We simply don't like to be wrong. My mother solved it very sweetly. The eldest child present (me
The dog gets the blame regularly. It is good strategy to blame those who cannot deny it.
Thank you for the compliment.
I just try to see humor in everything; even serious matters. Life is really funny if you look at it from the right angle. A trip to the supermarket can be as much fun as a week in Disneyland if you wear the right specs.
Your theory of ,the further you shift it the better, I ll have to try,
Thanks Bud,
I'm pretty sure Adam DID blame Eve. That's why we've heard from generation to generation that it is all Eve's fault.
Nice try, though.
I guess it is better to have tried and failed than not to have tried.