He lived here for 10 years and there's no way he was unaware of what the consequences of his actions would be. He behaved selfishly and demonstrated just how much he "cared" for his family by his actions.

literal people are scary, man, literal people scare me
out there trying to rid the world of its poetry while getting it wrong fundamentally down at the church of "look,it sez right here, see!" Ani Difranco