James Van Iveren: Hero or idiot?

Question

Dude thinks he's hearing a rape in progress so he grabs a sword and breaks into his neighbor's apartment to stop the crime. It turns out his neighbor was merely whacking it to porn with the volume too loud.

Was Van Iverein way out of line or simply reacting appropriately to protect another?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/22/porn.sword.ap/index.html

Answer 1

An idiot with heroic intentions.