When the fabric of the story gets ripped apart like this, who am I meant to blame?

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But unlike Smith and Whittaker, I am willing to take the blame.

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"I am not here to apportion blame, " he said.

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And I am sure these companies are to blame, and their CEOs do carry responsibility for the disaster, but to name and shame them as the sole cause of the misfortune seems a dangerous oversimplification.

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Moreover, I am less interested in passing out blame than I am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer.

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Moreover, I am less interested in passing out blame than I am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer, for ultimately the buck stops with me.

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"I'm happy to take the blame for the start of the season because I am the manager, " Dowie has said.

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Don't get me wrong though, I am appalled at the situation but I think the town was scared and desperate to blame someone.

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You could hardly blame me for giving in - I am sure you would not want to find my bleached bones left out in the desert, would you?

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We must all accept the blame and, to the extent that I have contributed to the situation, I am profoundly sorry.

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