Gameslover -
When a parent says to their kid when they reach the age of 18 "son, you're an adult now, you must start being more responsible", can you identify any perpetrator or any blame in that sentence, either explicitly stated or even hinted at? Of course not, becaue the parent is not referring to any perpetrator or any blame. They're referring to personal responsibility, which is something else. If you agree with that, then you agree that the word "responsibility" itself is not about blame or victims. The parent would hardly be able to freely interchange the word "responsibility" with "blame" in such a sentence as it wouldn't work. They would never say "son, you're an adult now, you must start being more blameful and at fault".
When a parent says to their kid when they reach the age of 18 "son, you're an adult now, you must start being more responsible", can you identify any perpetrator or any blame in that sentence, either explicitly stated or even hinted at? Of course not, becaue the parent is not referring to any perpetrator or any blame. They're referring to personal responsibility, which is something else. If you agree with that, then you agree that the word "responsibility" itself is not about blame or victims. The parent would hardly be able to freely interchange the word "responsibility" with "blame" in such a sentence as it wouldn't work. They would never say "son, you're an adult now, you must start being more blameful and at fault".