azzurribike wrote:Do any of us blame car manufacturers for road deaths because someone may have read a brochure that pointed out the V8 can do 200+Km/hr and then bought the car.
Yes, we do things just like that.
See for example
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http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor-fe ... 20sfx.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Just to repeat - I am NOT saying that Strava should be banned. I am just pointing out that "taking responsibility" extends to those who make things too. And notice that the "supercar scare" where manufacturers were blamed for deaths in V8s occurred 30 years ago. Holding creators responsible for accidents possibly encouraged by their creations and marketing is a very old concept and not a new "nanny state" thing.
There's an interesting difference in the way some people see encouragement. When comedians make jokes about driving over cyclists, we say to them "you can't do that because you will encourage people to attack cyclists." When judges don't shoot drivers who hit cyclists, we say to them "you must hand down tougher sentences or you will encourage people to attack cyclists." Yet when someone makes something that seems to encourage racing, we say "that's OK, we won't hold you responsible for encouraging people to ride dangerously."
In all three cases, people could be seen as encouraging others to do dangerous things. In the first two cases we hold the "encouragers" responsible for the acts of others....is the third "encourager" really completely different? It's not the same, but it can be seen an a complex and interesting case and not open and shut.