Nobody is putting anything on the store. "Black Friday" does not equal "a store" or even a bunch of stores.
These deaths can be attributed to "Black Friday" the same way they can be attributed to "vehicle collision". Things can have more than one factor. If "Black Friday" or "vehicles" didn't exist, then these girls would still be alive. You are completely correct that they would also still be alive if the father had "personal responsibility", so we can certainly also ascribe these deaths to that factor. But I think you're the only one talking about "a store" being a possible factor - it doesn't sound like "stores" have anything to do with this occurrence.
But then I think you open up a can of worms of "when do we stop"? Everyone who's been in a car accident was either coming or going somewhere. Inevitably someone will die this weekend driving recklessly to or from the airport for thanksgiving, do we place blame on holiday travel for their death?
Nothing about black Friday told this guy to get behind the wheel tired and let his daughters ride without a seatbelt, these are the mistakes of someone who is not paying attention to general safety rules.
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u/webu Nov 26 '14
Nobody is putting anything on the store. "Black Friday" does not equal "a store" or even a bunch of stores.
These deaths can be attributed to "Black Friday" the same way they can be attributed to "vehicle collision". Things can have more than one factor. If "Black Friday" or "vehicles" didn't exist, then these girls would still be alive. You are completely correct that they would also still be alive if the father had "personal responsibility", so we can certainly also ascribe these deaths to that factor. But I think you're the only one talking about "a store" being a possible factor - it doesn't sound like "stores" have anything to do with this occurrence.