Why do we Americans find it so difficult to accept fault? Are we to proud to accept our human imperfection, or, has our legal system trained us to look for someone else to either foot the bill or share it? The same result would have happened if he’d become over enthralled at a sunset, sunrise, or a bluebird on a branch. Let’s just consider one of those meaningless ‘biker waves’ from a passing cyclist prompted a return wave and a momentary loss of concentration. Would we be inclined to think that biker wave was responsible? The photographer is no more responsible than any other man-made or natural distraction.
This guy messed up. His head wasn’t in the game at the precise moment it needed to be. We all mess up. Often we get through it without ever having a consequence – most frequently, not even realizing how close we were to harm. Sometimes we’re lucky enough to learn from it. On this particular occasion, this person messed up at that exact point in time when not erring was most critical - that very instance in which good sense, karma, luck, kismet, and every other thing that saves us when our heads aren’t there to save us. Hopefully, he’s OK and he’s learned from this one. Ultimately, it would be great if we all did.
