Would you prefer others think ill or hateful thoughts about your friend?
I will say a prayer for your friend this evening, even though I don’t know him. Will you extend the same courtesy to Senator Kennedy?
What I would prefer doesn't change anything in any way. If anyone thinks ill or hateful thoughts about my friend it hurts him not. That's their problem, not his or mine.
If I were to ever wish anything for TK, it would be that he had had a real father, one that could have actually given him the kind of love that all human beings need and deserve. He didn't, mores the pity.
I would hope that he makes peace with himself while he is alive. I suspect that he is, and has been a rather tortured soul. But that is for him to do, not me.