Wow..
I don't think I've ever seen so many people stick up for a drunk driver before.
Let me ask this; If he wasn't some B-list celebrity who made you chuckle with some vulgar humor on cable TV, would you all still be sticking up for and eulogizing him?
Let's be honest here, drunk drivers (especially ones who speed too) are usually universally despised, why does this guy get a pass? Because he's dead? Because he's famous (sorta)? Because you like his show?
What he did was stupid, dangerous, and put dozens of other lives at risk. I'd rather he was suffering some nice mental torment and anguish wherever his soul is now, then "resting in peace." I don't think he deserves to rest in peace just yet, not till he's had a least a taste of suffering. But that's not up to me.
Sure I feel bad for his family and friends who are mourning. But that doesn't lessen the wrongfulness of what he did.
He's dead; he died a horrible death filled with anguish and torment. First he slammed through trees, then burned alive in a twisted heap of metal. Are you so inclined as to believe that in doing so he did not suffer enough, that he ought to be put through even
greater pain? What vile, horrible thing could you do to him that would be more painful? Furthermore, where does it all end? At a certain point, it's time to let go. He can't feel pain now, and he can't hurt anyone else.
The quote "Speak not poorly of the dead" is often misinterpreted. It does not mean to ignore a dead person's faults, nor to exalt them. It means to let go of any grudges that you've held against them, and to be at peace with their memory because upon their death, they have paid the ultimate price for their actions. Your greed for their pain and hatred of their life is now pointless- they are dead, and cannot feel your wrath.
-Penguin