It can.

[Nathaniel isn't sure if Anders is in on this little channel. He won't give details. He'll have to speak with Herc privately for that.]

Justice was bloodthirsty. Anders used to be apathetic to a fault before him. I wouldn't say the Chantry was Justice's fault--it's not my place to detemine another man's mind--but it was certainly the sort of thing Justice would have suggested. And something I couldn't imagine Anders suggesting as more than a joke, ten years ago.