[fxwin]

i think that's why they used the word "accidentally"

[stavros]

Let me rephrase: You can't really attribute to someone something they did accidentally while trying to do the opposite.

[fxwin]

That depends on your use of "attribute". We shouldn't give them (positive) credit (use 1), but we can recognize them as the cause (use 2)

[pfdietz]

We can, but ironically.