If we are to retain some measure of civility and grace when speaking of the dead, however repugnant to those qualities the deceased may have been, we must be candid but not rejoiceful. So says Frank Bruni in his Op-Ed in the Sunday Review, ("Must We Dance on Rush Limbaugh's Grave", SR3, 2/21).
I beg to differ. Perhaps it's a matter of the degree of evil exercised and now gone. Surely, Mr. Bruni would agree that the world was justified in saying good riddance to the likes of Adolf Hitler. While I do not mean to imply a direct comparison, the harm done by Mr. Limbaugh to the cause of democracy and humanity was significant and will continue to plague our society for years to come. Though his demise may lessen it will not erase the evil he has spawned and it does not offend my sense of good taste to say good riddance.
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