Personal Responsiblity - who is responsible for what?

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An elderly gentleman went into the doctor's office and said, Have you got the results back yet?
The doctor said, Yes, and Ive got bad news and bad news.
That sounds terrible; lay it on me doctor.
You have cancer!
Thats terrible. Whats the other bad news?
You have Alzheimers.
The elderly gentleman paused for a moment and said, Thats not so bad, I was worried I might have cancer.