International Blame Council

It occurs to me that life would be much simpler if there was an International Blame Council. This council would have been created by the United Nations to determine who was to blame for a variety of large and small issues. There would be a set of rules and, if you had trouble determining who was to blame, you could petition the International Blame Council and they would make a ruling.

Think of how many marriages this would save! Husbands and wives could get an external ruling on who was to blame for any small - "the house is a mess" - or large - "your family hates me" - issue.

There would be a rule book which each of us could live by. And maybe even points. You know, you have 2 blame points to my 1 blame point so you are to blame.

Let's look at the issue of global warming. We could quickly assign blame points to every nation and determine who held the majority blame vote. In this position, said country (most likely the United States) would be require to do something about their blame points.

Celebrities could post their blame points. Brad Pitt gets 2 blame points for destroying his marriage by loving someone else and Jennifer Aniston gets 2 blame points for being crazy. They could post their blame points on a website and the world would finally know who was to blame.

It occurs to me that life would be much simpler if there was an International Blame Council. This council would have been created by the United Nations to determine who was to blame for a variety of large and small issues. There would be a set of rules and, if you had trouble determining who was to blame, you could petition the International Blame Council and they would make a ruling.

Think of how many marriages this would save! Husbands and wives could get an external ruling on who was to blame for any small - "the house is a mess" - or large - "your family hates me" - issues.

There would be a rule book which each of us could live by. And maybe even points. You know, you have 2 blame points to my 1 blame point so you are to blame.

Let's look at the issue of global warming. We could quickly assign blame points to every nation and determine who held the majority blame vote. In this position, said country (most likely the United States) would be require to do something about their blame points.

Celebrities could post their blame points. Brad Pitt gets 2 blame points for destroying his marriage by loving someone else and Jennifer Aniston gets 2 blame points for being crazy. They could post their blame points on a website and the world would finally know who was to blame.

It might not work. Politics are politics and people are people. The country with the most blame points might decide that the council held no sway over them or something like that. Celebrities might lie over their blame points causing endless speculation in the press. It could get very messy and complicated.

We could always adopt the Buddhist teaching that there is no blame. ("Like a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, so the wise are not moved by praise or blame." - Dhammapada, 81) But that would require a lot of spiritual work and frankly, wouldn't you like to know who is to blame for things?

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