I really don't understand where your argument is coming from. There's no way you can conclude that if people outside the city believed this incident was just common local criminal mischief that it wouldn't have an affect on their opinion of the city and their desire to ever come to visit here.
I merely said that it's best for the city if/when the media makes it clear around the country that this crime was an attack from an outside source. How do you continue to find a problem with that statement? :unsure: