poll: who's to blame?

[mellowtigger]

Don't google. All comments are screened until I post the results on Wednesday, so you can't be influenced by others' answers.

Scenario: Janet and a friend are kayaking in a part of ocean with many jellyfish. The friend asks Janet if she should go for a swim. Janet has just read that the jellyfish in the area are harmless, and tells her friend to go for a swim. The friend is stung by a jellyfish and dies.

Q: Is Janet morally responsible for her friend's death?

Comments

[snousle.livejournal.com]

Well, simply reporting a fact without intent to harm is never a bad thing. Where she maybe went wrong was offering an opinion. But still, that is secondary to personal responsibility; there should be no censure unless she actually pressured her friend to swim, or was trying to manipulate her into a harmful situation.

[litch.livejournal.com]

how is offering an opinion a problem/going wrong?