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We are taught that death demands a certain dignity. Whatever our feelings about a person, the conventional response to their passing is restraint: condolences for the family, a moment of silence, perhaps an acknowledgment of the good they did. Yet this convention breaks down spectacularly when a deeply polarising public figure dies. Instead of grief, there may be laughter; instead of Rest in Peace, there may be Good riddance; instead of sympathy, there may be an almost celebr