[dionidium]

> Here's the thing though. If you hit me with your car, it doesn't matter whether it was an accident or whether you intended to.

It matters a lot! First of all, it matters legally. An entirely different set of laws and procedures will be invoked depending on which it was. But, second, it matters because it tells me something about what to expect from you in the future. It tells me something about how you feel towards me. It tells me something about your character, about your capacity for violence.

[GavinMcG]

Don't ignore the sentence that "it doesn't matter" applies to:

> You still caused me damage and it's still not crazy for me to hold you accountable.

Obviously it matters in other ways.

[dionidium]

Yes, my first objection addresses that part directly. Of course you're still accountable, but you're accountable in totally different ways. It matters a lot even just in how one should be accountable. Even if the topic is limited to accountability, there's no possible way to say it doesn't matter. It informs every aspect of that discussion.