Thats the beauty of the lie. As others have pointed out, its not our responsibility (or right?) to know of Eich's personal opiniions in the first place. Knowin

Thats the beauty of the lie. As others have pointed out, its not our responsibility (or right?) to know of Eich's personal opiniions in the first place. Knowing it though and not being able to say (at least pretend) he changed his mind is disturbing for many people, because then it became part of a public image.