The need to be responsible

Today,we were lectured by Ms Soh YET AGAIN.It is for the need to be responsible and the need to be punctual...

Firstly,what does "responsibility" mean?? Does it mean :
To be the state, quality, or fact of being responsible?
Or does it mean something for which one is responsible; a duty, obligation, or burden??

In my opinion, I think that it means both definitions because,responsibility means duty.When someone is responsible of something,he has a duty to fulfill but as a blogger, you are responsible for what you write.You are no less responsible than the Washington Post or New York Times. You are no less responsible then AP or Reuters.

Is the quote "I had forgotten to bring" used as a reason or a good excuse?? It is mostly used as an excuse.Although all of us are imperfect and we will make mistakes but we should try to minimise the number of mistakes that we make.We should write down small notes that can help us with remembering what we are supposed to bring or do tomorrow. This is a news article on a blogger's responsibility:

"A blogger has been arrested for posting a racist rant on his website that has stoked an online firestorm.

The 24-year-old was taken into custody on Tuesday evening at his Paya Lebar Way home, said police.

They accused him of making posts which 'may wound the racial feelings of another person'.
A computer, believed to have been used to make the post, was also seized for investigations.
The case came to light following two police reports made on Monday complaining of a virulent online message. It described a man whom the author saw sitting on the floor of an MRT train.

The post, which was made on March 18, described the man as 'smelling like he didnt showered in years' and said he was wearing 'some really scary dirty clothes'. It went on to make racial remarks about the man, and even challenged anyone of that race to refute what he had written."

What does this mean?Does this show that we Singaporeans are irresponsible?? Please comment on this post and answer this question .

Thank You.