"Any and every death deserves either full inspection and comment with thought, or no comment at all. "
Sorry, no, it doesn't.
Yassar arafat died this week. I didn't need a 'full inspection' to determine my feelings on it. I was glad he died. Simple.
I agree. I am ranting. I will add a qualifyer. In cases where the person in general wasn't an obvious assh&*le or someone that caused harm to others.
Is that better?
Or is it still open game on ODB simply because he was a rapper?
I disagree. You've done such a "full inspection" before he died. You didn't need to do one after his death. But the vast majority of people who commented on ODB probably didn't even know he existed until they read his obit.