Hated in the Nation - Wasn't the fat Asian ultimately responsible?
He's the one who pressed the Enter key without much thought.
All his fault.
He did indeed. Of course one could argue the real fault lies with the man who hacked the bees and programmed the whole thing.
As for Karin, I don't think it's ever implied she was at fault. She wasn't on trial. It was a public investigation and she was giving her version of what happened.
The people outside weren't so much blaming Karin as demanding answers and believing (as is often the case in situations like this) that the government know more than they are saying.
You're absolutely right that the Government official (who you so maturely call the "fat Asian) activated the mass killing. Maybe you missed it, but he is shown taking the chair after Karin leaves, so he too will be answering questions. We don't know whether or not he will admit to pressing the button and we also don't know how the public will react to him.
One could also argue the people posting the death to hashtag were to blame. Are they really victims when they're trying to get other people killed? Maybe he did the world a favour.
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The Japanese government official was one physical cause, not the only one and by no means legally (or morally) accountable. Yes, he would have some tough questions to answer before that tribunal and certainly ought to be contrite, but, ultimately, he should not be "held responsible." He was put in an untenable situation. Karin arrived at a reasonable theory at literally the last second. She happened to be right. The hacker/Garreth was leading them down the breadcrumb path. However, the group had absolutely no time to rationally discuss and truly think about this and their options. The government official was charged with the task of protecting the obnoxious minister's life. The working plan toward accomplishing that goal was to deactivate all of the bees prior to 5:00 PM. He did that at his first opportunity which happened to be at or around 4:59:59. Had he not taken that action and the minister perished and none of those 300K people died, he would be held responsible for allowing the minister, his charge, to get killed. Then, somehow, he and Karin would have to testify that had they clicked Enter 300K or so citizens would have been killed. That strikes me as difficult, if not impossible to prove. Yes, they could use the manifesto. Maybe they could reverse engineer the hacking to show the full depths of Garreth's intentions, but I would think Garreth would be too smart for that. The proof only comes in the form of the act occurring.
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@ dAAAWDLE Be aware of the bees.
shareWhat does the Japanese government have to do with anything?
Yes, that is moral question the episode poses. Koalas are telepathic. Plus, they control the weather.
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