Word: blame
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Young's greatest failure lies in the psychological vision he projects. He has no social analysis because he himself is self-absorbed. The world, in his music and in the film, is nothing but the projection of his own pain. But to blame the world for that pain without taking any responsibility for his participation in the world is the height of effete, passive self-indulgence. To make a million dollars by singing for the screaming teeny-boppers is not really the world's worst fate. Young acts and writes as though the whole world, and particularly women, have exploited...
Sack, also the author of M, was not out to hang little "Rusty" Calley with his own words. Quite the opposite. The intention was to show that Calley was what Sack now calls a "brass instrument" through which the order to execute My Lai villagers was trumpeted. The blame is then pinned on The System, of course...
...Forum had withdrawn its invitation to Shockley and Innis and claimed that the two speakers were unqualified to speak on the subject, the cancellation might have been acceptable. Instead, the executive board chose to blame a shadowy disruptive influence which allegedly threatened to shout down the speakers...
...would be easy to blame Egypt and Syria for resuming the bloodshed. All neutral reports indicate that the Eygptians and Syrians initiated the new hostilities in the Middle East. But to place the blame for renewed fighting squarely with one side or the other would be beside the point and would ignore the complexities of an inherently tragic situation...
...average 94% of capacity, a pace that is almost bound to create bottlenecks and long waits for deliveries. A number of industries, notably paper, steel and oil, have been unable to build as much capacity as they now need; their executives often grumble that environmentalists are to blame...