Hyperbolic maybe, but not out of bounds, provided that we follow Lincoln’s advise about trying to read God’s will. I recall a Clint Eastwood movie. One character says.” He deserved to die.” To which the Eastwood character replies, “We all deserve it.”
So therefore, the people of New Orleans, Oklahoma, Missouri, China and Burma all deserve to die?
“Why you low life somebitch, you just shot yourself an unarmed man.” Little Bill (Gene Hackman)
“Well he best arm himself, if he is gonna decorate his place of business with my dead friend.” William Monie (Clint Eastwood).
That being said the “Apology” was a liberal “I regret that you took offense through a misunderstanding of what I said”.
The movie was Unforgiven, and I think you have your scenes mixed up. At one point the kid refers to man he just killed and says "he had it coming" to which Clint replies, "We've all got it coming, kid". In another scene Gene Hackman has just been shot by Clint and is dying. He looks at Clint and says "I'm building a house, I don't deserve to die like this", Clint replies, "Deserve's got nothing to do with it."