“Increasingly, Australians live in a society in which it is always someone else’s fault; in which perpetrators masquerade as victims; in which personal responsibility has been replaced, all too frequently, by a readiness to lie, to sue, to redirect blame or, worse, to find scapegoats. … It is a cruel irony of modern life that the only people who can regularly be relied on to accept — indeed, to claim — responsibility for their actions are terrorist bombers.” Cites a certain website where “many examples of the lunacy of litigation are to be found”. Our special section on Australian cases, covering stories since June of this year, is here; for stories before that date, use our search function. Our section on personal responsibility is here, with older items here. (John Huxley, “Not my fault”, Sydney Morning Herald, Oct. 4)

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