It was not my intention to imply that he had.

What was the point of bringing it up, then?

I don't understand what kind of protest you were anticipating. Calling for deeper discussion of the motives or thought process behind a mistaken action is in no way an endorsement of gadgets over human life. It sounds more like you were trying to twist this into something about Apple.

I was anticipating this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3080812