You're absolutely right. We have a saying back home--that every life misused is a victory for the enemies of the Imperium.
Obvious as that might seem, there are those who lose sight of the day-to-day citizen's life. [He still isn't sure where Ryo is going with this, but he's suspecting that he may have run into one such person.]
Yes, their loss of life is still terrible, no matter how impossible it might be to prevent it.