Well, Alec thought it did. But Alec thought a lot of things.

"You're - were - a bad influence on someone I care a lot about," he said steadily. "And you did attack me once."

There were other reasons, but mostly of the 'and you replaced me as a big sibling' and 'and you're a girl!' varieties, and even Alec knew that those didn't sound very convincing at all.