Note that recognizing that someone is a monster doesn’t necessarily exclude loving them, if they haven’t been a monster to you. And loving them doesn’t necessarily exclude agreeing that they should be removed from society for everyone’s sake.
I’m not pleased he’s dead. I’m not displeased he’s dead. I’d rather have seen him spend the rest of his life behind bars with no chance of parole, and I’d rather not have had him commit suicide in this way. On the other hand, I happen to think that it should be someone’s right to commit suicide if they can convince a team of doctors that it’s a rational decision, and I have no particular feeling that he cheated anyone but (possibly) himself, so I can’t get too exercised about it. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
What it does say to me is that we need to improve our ability to predict who’s likely to make such an attempt and delay them until they have had appropriate counseling. On that level, I agree, the system failed us (whether or not it failed him), and needs work.
