Islam in Europe: perception and reality

[abaris]

You seem to be missing the point. On the one hand, you (and others before you) say that intention was "entirely irrelevant" to the people killed... Yeah... but in the same manner that a sniper who is trying to save a room full of hostages and accidentally takes out one of the innocent victims instead of the perpetrators, and in which case, you might ask, "Did intention matter to the person accidentally shot dead?" Uh, no, but it matters to those judging the action of the sniper versus the actions of the hostage-taker!

For the victims it's entirely irrelevant.

Say, you're been held hostage by someone. I go in, shoot the assailant and your children in the process. The assailant's gone, but so are your kids. If you now come back with you would thank me for that, you're either totally dishonest or so far removed from reality that it doesn't warrant any further discussion.

That's the real point, not intent.