So yes, Clark's choices contributed to Jonathan's death--but so did Martha's choice to ask Lionel for money, and Lex's choice to try to blackmail Jonathan, and Jonathan's choices to accept the risks of Kryptonian powers to save his son and to provoke a fight with Lionel Luthor,
Normally, I'm all about dinging Lex (and any of the other characters) when they deserve it, but you've lost me in lumping his decision to blackmail Jonathan into the group of choices that contribute to Jonathan's death. I could buy it if we *knew for sure* that what Lionel showed Jonathan was the same piece of material Griff came up with for Lex to drop as the atomic bomb on Jonathan's head, but we don't know that for sure. And given that Lionel is involved, I'm not sure we can just make that assumption, either. Lionel is obviously playing his own game, which means he may have an atomic bomb of his own that he was planning to use all along with Jonathan (since clearly, part of his backing of Jonathan over Lex was precisely because he knew he'd probably be able to control Jonathan in a way he's really come to realize he can't control Lex).
I definitely agree that Martha's and Clark's and Jonathan's choices all contributed to Jonathan's ultimate death. I just don't think Lex's decision in Lexmas can absolutely be included in that group, because we *don't* know what the ace up Lionel's sleeve is.
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Normally, I'm all about dinging Lex (and any of the other characters) when they deserve it, but you've lost me in lumping his decision to blackmail Jonathan into the group of choices that contribute to Jonathan's death. I could buy it if we *knew for sure* that what Lionel showed Jonathan was the same piece of material Griff came up with for Lex to drop as the atomic bomb on Jonathan's head, but we don't know that for sure. And given that Lionel is involved, I'm not sure we can just make that assumption, either. Lionel is obviously playing his own game, which means he may have an atomic bomb of his own that he was planning to use all along with Jonathan (since clearly, part of his backing of Jonathan over Lex was precisely because he knew he'd probably be able to control Jonathan in a way he's really come to realize he can't control Lex).
I definitely agree that Martha's and Clark's and Jonathan's choices all contributed to Jonathan's ultimate death. I just don't think Lex's decision in Lexmas can absolutely be included in that group, because we *don't* know what the ace up Lionel's sleeve is.