I'm with you, Nels.
Okay. I understand it. Perception. Environmental influences. Truth vs. illusion. The illusory nature of the maya. Etc. Etc. Etc.
Now. Anyone who commits an act such as this should be exterminated.
How's that for a moral absolute?
Time to rewatch the film Enemy At The Gates, about snipers in WW 2 Stalingrad, to recall how the Russians dealt with the enemy.