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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's not the lighter's fault if someone uses it to burn down a forest. Especially if the lighter is yelling the whole time that it's a bad idea to burn down the forest!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But it would be partly the lighters fault if it used up more power and water than most countries do.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

No? A lighter is a tool, it has no agency and as such can not carry blame. You can argue that the fault lies partly in the lap of the lighter's creator, but not the lighter itself.