“But i think to respect the dead is more serious than others may feel but that's just my opinion.”
Unfortunately, spathi, some people forfeit the right to respect by their behaviour towards others. That right is not automatically restored simply because they die, especially when they do so in the circumstances in which this vile piece of excrement did.
Now, not content with spawning such scum, encouraging and supporting his despicable lifestyle, his relatives talk of him as a hero who was “too good to walk the earth”. They go on to vow “revenge” on a 78 year old who had the temerity to defend his property and wife against an armed intruder in the middle of the night. They will still live comfortably in council-provided accommodation in Star Lane whilst his victim and his sick wife are forced to up sticks and live in exile.
No respect deserved whilst alive, spathi, and certainly none now either.
“Much as I usually stick up for the travelling community more generally,…”
You should drastically re-think your priorities for those you support, kvalidir.