Moir, who has won a British Press Award, made a statement defending her column late on Friday, saying it was not her intention to offend, blaming a "heavily orchestrated internet campaign" for the furore and adding that it was "mischievous in the extreme to suggest that my article has homophobic and bigoted undertones".
Conative theories of blame emphasize motivational elements, like desires and intentions, as essential to blame.
"It is not my intention to always find someone to blame.
Leyton Orient manager Fabio Liverani told BBC London 94.9: "It is not my intention to always find someone to blame.
"The remarks he made are proof of a culture that blames victims for doing something 'wrong,' like drinking... Maybe he has good intentions, and he did not intend to blame the women or be unfriendly to them.
"If your intention is to stop terrorism, do not try to blame the whole population of Muslims for it because it cannot stop terrorism.
However, the appropriation itself is not the main event I wish to highlight, nor is my intention to demonize or blame the individual students for the insensitivity.
Indeed, for all his good intentions, for all his admirable pragmatism, Mr. Obama has only himself to blame for his predicament.
Is he to blame that someone came along later and exploited those views, and sadly, was the greatest exploiter of human intention the modern world has ever known?
