There is an evil trend that has taken over the good judgment of people all across our great country. It is the idea that if something bad happens to you – that you find someone to blame and make them pay you money. This idea really makes my blood boil.

Case in point – this article explains how the parents of a boy who was killed by a line drive in a baseball game sued the manufacturer of the bat for “not provid[ing] proper warning about the dangers of using aluminum bats.” Are you kidding me?

Now I realize it would be terrible to lose a child, a pain that I don’t wish upon anyone. This is of course the saddest part of the story. However, this doesn’t justify placing the blame on someone (or in this case – something) for what was probably just a freak accident. I mean come on – have we as a society lost our common sense? Are we indicating that our lives are lived out by other people’s decisions?

I guess it just comes down to this – life isn’t fair. Accidents happen – to both good people and bad. Sometimes there is someone to blame – and sometimes there isn’t. Our response shouldn’t be “who can I blame and how much can I get?”

Don’t you agree?

*My point is confirmed by a rather funny Weird Al song – check it out – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfO9JUNXN7U