he also supported all the horrible wars the u.s. has initiated

death is no fun, certainly not for the loved ones, and it's not their fault in the slighters -- but i'm not gonna pretend he was a good person while he was alive

That's perfectly fair and I'm not trying to infringe on anyone's freedom to have a negative opinion of this recently deceased man. I do think that the most appropriate thing to do in this kind of situation is to keep overly harsh comments private, and share them either much later or in a more appropriate space. I might be expecting too much of a forum, but I like to think we're better than that as a community. I'll probably lift any bans tomorrow, just wanted to make my point known that some of the commentary I've seen is ugly and doesn't put anyone in a positive light.