I totally disagree. "If A is associated with B, and B is associated with C, and C causes D, then A is responsible for D" is tortured logic.

You can disagree all you want but the exact wording used in original comment that I responded to was

> Engineers have basically nothing to do with either of those.

The logic here is “If A is actively working to develop capabilities for B, which B offers up to C who then uses it to do D, then A cannot claim to have nothing to do with D.”