Reply #152: There's no chance to defend himself.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Sure, he wasn't about to pop up on DU, but the fact remains that he cannot undo what was done, cannot make up for his past mistakes, cannot make up for his bad karma because he's dead.

He can't come clean, or apologize, or make amends.

So for that reason alone ("He's dead") we should avoid piling on. Everyone knows the charges you put forth, but since he's dead, it's moot.

"Sure, he was a loving father. So what?"

Hopefully that line will not be uttered at the funeral of anyone you care about...unless you'd be as understanding then as you are when it's someone with whom you disagreed.

I also hope that something along those lines won't be said at your funeral either.

Anyone here (or on Earth, for that matter) has done things that could be brought up after we're dead, but people don't generally do that because, again, we're not there to answer to the charges.

It's over, he's gone, he can't do it again.