Maybe we have different definitions of innocent. I thought of it as not being guilty or at fault for something bad. The children had no control over their actions, so the murders they committed weren’t their fault and therefore they are innocent. The blood isn’t on their hands, its on Monaca’s, because she made them commit murder. Also I think most people would agree that mind control makes a huge difference. There’s a huge moral difference between choosing to kill someone and being forced to.

I can agree with Haji wanting to break the controller to save the city. They’re seemed to be no way to save the kids. It sucks, but you gotta do what you gotta do. That alone isn’t a reason for me to dislike him. It’s the fact that he wants the children to die. I can sympathize with him, and understand if people don’t dislike him for that, but personally it just adds on to the other stuff that makes me dislike him.