"Yes! My friends' choices are completely my fault!" To be honest, yes, indeed, when it is in your power to help to not to make the mistakes (or at least try).

"Yes! My friends' choices are completely my fault!" To be honest, yes, indeed, when it is in your power to help to not to make the mistakes (or at least try). Say for example you see that your friend is drunk and wants to go driving. You have taken the keys but you still return them and your friend dies. I can say that this was also your fault then. "I should never have allowed my friends to use their telephone in the way they want!" I think that one should at least make a honest attempt to explain the situation to your friend. Say your friend has installed a hypothetical (but real and fully functional) "Meet the serial killer" app and is hyper super excited about it. Would you then at least somehow try to say that this is maybe really not a good idea? Or not? I should in fact terminate my friendships with any hooligans who don't use my preferred choice of social network!" You mean a Facebook friendship? Or could you maybe explain why you should terminate your friendship with your friend? Sounds silly to me, to be honest. (To be honest, this sentiment doesn't make much sense to me) I am sorry.