>There's not a ton of reasons that setting isDead = false in a table somewhere shouldn't "just work" other than too much human intervention in the processes of

>There's not a ton of reasons that setting isDead = false in a table somewhere shouldn't "just work" other than too much human intervention in the processes of evaluating credit, reporting it to stake holders, and keeping information in sync. Someone has to verify that the person is in fact alive. And not, for example, their meth addicted grandson trying to get their social security checks. The difficulty isn't in setting the flag but in proving that the flag should be set.