Yes, we seem to be losing sight of the need individual responsibility. It was refreshing when we lived in Germany that the locals take a healthy view of personal responsibility and personal liability - the result being that litigation for personal injury is almost unknown.
During the Kosovo campaign, one of my Gunners was injured in a rugby match with the French - which he had organised informally. Necessary provision had been made for injuries (a field ambulance and medic was on hand) and the gunner involved was, previously, a professional player. Roll on 10 years and I am contacted by the Treasury Solicitors to advise me that the MOD was being sued for negligence. However, I'd carefully documented the match, the injury and his subsequent treatment because of a sense of the impending litigation. This was delivered to his solicitors and they withdrew the case on the day of the hearing. Meanwhile, for 10 years, he'd worked as a firearms instructor for a Shire Police Force...