Islam in Europe: perception and reality

[Mudhammam]

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.

And yet in judging the ethical value of your action--you know, like, should you be punished for it or not--the most important question is whether or not you intended to shoot my children, or did you do whatever was in your means to protect them?

That's my point.