Sentences with phrase «shifting blame»

Causation as a legal requirement must then be understood as a desire to prevent compensation where the person wasn't prudent or is shifting the blame somehow.

In these rare instances, the underlying public policy initiatives prohibit the defendant from escaping liability by shifting the blame at another wrongdoer.

The last thing a client needs is to create liability by carelessly shifting blame to another party, who may then sue the client for defamation.

For a while, I would cross examine opposing parties by showing them their verified answers with the goal of preventing them from shifting blame to their attorneys.

I'd much rather see conduct like Drew's criminalized so that the perpetrator is held responsible rather than shifting the blame to the Web site owners, and forcing all of the rest of us users to bear the cost for their misconduct.

Now, rather than acknowledging the modest deficiencies of the original, they're treating it like a point prediction, and shifting the blame to some scapegoat scientists.

Anyone with half a brain knows that is complete bullshit, but the media does such a good job of shifting the blame on to the West that most people are completely in the dark.

Obamacare was quite effective in shifting blame for non-single payer from the TeaPublicans to Obama, e.g.

Everyone in the industry seems to rationalize it by shifting the blame, assuming way too much cognizance on the part of their victims.»

(Shifting the blame to me?)

These offer the simultaneous advantages of familiarity, expectation, and shifting the blame for failure elsewhere.

In popular culture, Nixon's America had Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry and, as the end of that presidency neared, Charles Bronson in Death Wish, both explicit reactions to the crumbling of cities and the Great Society's emphasis on shifting blame for minority crime from personal responsibility to social inequality.

The Sugar Association, the current trade group for the sugar industry, defended the research by shifting the blame to the scientific journals of the 1960s that did not require funding disclosures at the time.

But now Preston is shifting the blame.

The latest spate of blame trading with state governors over who is responsible for salary arrears is an unfortunate reflection of a tendency to monopolise credit for positive feats whilst happily shifting blame when things go awry.

Perhaps more concerning is how this myth serves the mainstream parties, by allowing them to get away with chipping away at our public services while they are in power, and all the while shifting the blame from government policy onto the vulnerable - immigrants and service users.

Opening statements Wednesday in the corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano saw the prosecution alleging Mangano «sold himself» to restaurateur Harendra Singh to maintain his lifestyle and defense attorneys attacking Singh's credibility while shifting blame onto others.

Read also the low quality cases: - > «Poor quality planning: Shifting the blame, passing the buck» - > «Melting backsheets, broken cells, and hotspots» - > «Burnt out, incompatible connectors» - > «PID - related performance drop in a solar farm»

Shifting blame to the person being teased just makes the situation more uncomfortable and could damage an otherwise healthy friendship.

You are just avoiding reality in a way a coward does, by excusing and shifting the blame instead of facing the facts.

there is some suggestion that wenger is backtracking on his fervent stance regarding what players would be staying at the club for the remainder of the season... some might deduce that this is all part of a much bigger, more elaborate plan... by shifting the blame wenger is attempting to, not so slyly, flip the narrative... by doing so he hopes to evoke empathy from his most ardent supporters, while attempting to rally any fence - sitters, whose faith was waning unless a more legitimate agent of blame emerges... unfortunately, and incredibly insulting to the fans, when wenger attempts to spin a tale and / or tries to eat his own words, he doesn't seem to play it all the way through in his head, so invariably gaping holes emerge... say we believed his version of the truth, would that not make him either an incredibly well - paid custodian of destruction or a spineless jellyfish because what manager worth his weight in salt would stay at a club that didn't give him final say after 20 years of supposed «success»... no matter the answer, neither bodes well for us... how ironic, in a way, since many pundits claim this team has lacked a «spine» for some years now... so whether we win, lose or draw on Sunday is frankly immaterial, as the problems will remain, and although it will be easier to digest if we left the Pool with 3 points, it might just be the worst result for the betterment of this club... a fact that both breaks my heart and baffles the mind

Also interesting to note the article defending Giroud and shifting blame elsewhere.

You and flamini should be admitting your errors, and trying to correct them, instead of shifting the blame and down playing the lost of major points.

Southgate is just shifting the blame to Wenger for not selecting jack, however, I think Jack days as a deep lying play maker is done with, because that position requires a lot of tackling and in his most recent games Wenger had used him higher up in an attacking role, which is more suited for his skill set.

Knox's translation has the advantage of exonerating the bridal families of thorough ineptitude in preparing a feast, and perhaps of shifting the blame (if blame has to allotted) to the unexpected number or the excessive joviality of the guests.

What if Adam and Eve told the truth instead of hiding, lying and shifting blame?

More crap shifting blame to innocent people instead onto the flawed scripture where it belongs.

In a statement, he proclaimed that «wrongful sales practice behavior goes entirely against our values, ethics and culture,» while shifting the blame to lower - level employees.

Not everyone is ready, however, to join Microsoft in shifting blame to the government.

But after ticking off characteristics like narcissism, lying, shifting blame, risk taking, and shallowness, have we done any good by sensationalizing the issue?

The White House brushed off a major «typo» in the statement it issued on Iran's nuclear weapons program, instead shifting the blame onto the Obama Administration for entering the deal in the first place.

Shifting the blame: You diffuse or displace responsibility.

He doesn't shift the blame.

They don't try to shift blame, and they don't avoid shame when they fail.

Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the US is trying to shift blame onto Russia by suspending the talks, according to Reuters.

It's tempting to shift the blame off of your own shoulders.

Oracle fought back in 2015 with its own countersuit that claimed certain Oregon officials connected with the state's former governor were responsible for the project's failure and that they had shifted the blame to Oracle.

The organization refused to address these concerns, and I believe these misleading claims about me are part of an attempt to shift blame for the failure to remove employees who created an uncomfortable and hostile work environment within the Mavericks organization.»

Studies of organizational behaviour suggest that the empath may feel internally compelled to take a stand against the sociopath, but the sociopath is usually able to shift the blame on the empath, while going scot - free himself.

Cambridge has shifted the blame to Kogan, which the firm described as a contractor.

«His misguided attempts to shift blame onto (the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.) or other state business groups are no more than a smokescreen to disguise his office's culpability.»

«His misguided attempts to shift blame onto WEDC or other state business groups are no more than a smokescreen to disguise his office's culpability.»

Now I understand why they tried to shift the blame three months ago.

The result: shattered, disappointed people; and a pastor psychologically pressured to shift the blame.

It seems likely that the gospel accounts try to shift the blame for the crucifixion of Jesus from the Romans to the Jews.

So while yes, the meme DOES attack religion for demeaning and victimizing women (which was the original point of the original cartoon), it ALSO attacks (or at least shifts blame to) the victim herself.

But when she tries to shift the blame, she doesn't accuse the God and his gift.

It's so much easier to point the finger and to shift the blame.

The trick is fooling the world into thinking there is some invisible evil spirit that made you do bad things so you can shift the blame for the greed, the selfishness and the hubris with which most religious zealots conduct themselves.

They no longer could «run to Daddy» when things became difficult; neither could they be ready to shift the blame for their failures onto somebody else, certainly not onto whatever God there may be.