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Originally Posted by Providence Peep
Yeah, I guess you guys are right. But is it time to stop ignoring his accomplishments as a performer as a way of punishing him for the monstrous acts he committed in his final moments? I say yes. I honestly feel that people need to learn to separate the man from the performer. Condemn his final acts, not everything he ever did in life prior to them, a distinction that might not be easy to make. He was one of the greatest in-ring wrestlers ever. That's something that can't be taken away from him. Right? I don't think one act can (or should) completely ruin a lifetime of entertaining the fans. Taint it, maybe, but not erase it completely.
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Ted Kaczynski was a brilliant and accomplished scholar who graduated from Harvard.
His accomplishments don't change that fact that he was the Unabomber.
Just because Benoit did great things in his life, does not change the fact that what he did was reprehensible. It is interesting that people put so much energy trying to defend his legacy. You could make the same case for many murders/monsters who have come and gone throughout history that although they did horrible things, they also contributed to society at some point in their lives.
I find it extremely hard to praise a man, who although entertained me, murdered his family in such a horrific fashion.