Blame effects

Blame is composed of two main parts:

• Assignment
• Retribution

Assignment is cause-linking. An unwanted event X has happened, and one aims to understand whence it came, which motives or actions link to it most directly. Via these threads of cause, assignment of blame seeks the owner of the closest intentional motive or action, preferably conscious, that led to X.

Retribution is an action by the blamed; demanded, coerced, or forced upon by the blamer. It is sometimes intended to restore the damage caused by the unwanted event. It often is also intended to harm the blamed, either physically, emotionally, and/or mentally.

Harming the blamed causes eventual imbalance. Unneeded wounds do not cure. They fester and spread.