BaalHabooze and Wolf:
It seems that I wasn’t clear in what I said. I was trying to say that whether what he did was right or wrong, the feeling in my opinion is right. That doesn’t mean that he may be allowed to act on that feeling halachically. But I think it shows (assuming he didn’t do it for the publicity) that his heart is in the right place.
To give another example, I once heard it asked how one could want moshiach to come. Once he comes we can’t grow anymore, who would want to lose out on 30 or 40 years of opportunity to grow? In this case also, the heart is in the right place- the person wants to continue to grow- but l’maseh we are required to be metzapim l’yeshua.
Again, I’m not saying that what he did was ok because his heart was in the right place. I’m not a gadol baTorah to make such a decision whether he did was ok or not. But I do think that his heart is in the right place.