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And I was simply explaining why I thought the man might be angry. The person I was responding to originally said that they didn't understand how someone could do this. I was explaining it. That you'd prefer to describe the motive in a more abstract way "he didn't get his way" (when the article suggests potentially more complex motives) along with your reaction that any deeper analysis sounds like a justification and is "sick" does, however, make me believe that you want to "understand" only in the most distant way, which is fine.