# The ethics of my accident

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-my-accident/594237>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 26, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-my-accident/594237 "2011-08-26T22:23:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-my-accident/594237/48 "2011-08-27T00:49:27Z")

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> [@bucketybuck](#):
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> > [@Peremensoe](#):
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> > The suggestions from some quarters that Jamie _deserved to be crippled by malpractice_ because of his decisions before the accident have been the most disturbing part of this affair to me.
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> And where exactly was this said? You can direct me to the post that said this can’t you? Thanks in advance.

There was for example [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14184533&postcount=105) and [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14184633&postcount=112) from **Scissorjack** , and [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14185720&postcount=145) from **JohnT**.

> [@JamieMcGarry - Wheel yourself on down here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/105):
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> There’s [karma](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=616509), and then there’s straightforward cause and effect.

> [@JamieMcGarry - Wheel yourself on down here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/112):
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> O, it was all just a mistake. I’m sorry I drank underage and crashed a car with my friend in the passenger seat and almost killed myself, it was all just a misunderstanding, it wasn’t a deliberate choice to do something selfish, dangerous and illegal, and it is somebody else’s fault I have to live with the consequences. Why, I oughta sue the guy that saved me, that’ll teach _him_ with his fancy medical degree.

> [@JamieMcGarry - Wheel yourself on down here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/145):
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> _Had he not made the **decision** to be a drunk driver, he wouldn’t be paralyzed._ Suing the doctor is nothing more than a transferance of guilt, a transferance he shouldn’t be allowed to make.

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