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by pieter1976 3452 days ago
And there is the problem. He is being treated as a symbol, rather than a fellow human being who walked the planet with the rest of us and had his own demons.
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I don't see that as a problem - why do you?

One does not detract from or rule out the other.

One of his demons was Carmen Ortiz.

Step out of line and she can be your demon too. Or mine.

It's not like he cares, being dead and all.
I don't see how is that relevant. Why should we care about his brother having an identity crisis? It's sad, but even the brother complains about being overshadowed by his dead brother, not about his brother being made into icon.
It's exactly because he's an icon that his brother is overshadowed by him.