uneeq -“Let’s pretend that al pi din (sources?) you can only be happy if he’s a rosha. And lets pretend that he’s not a rosha. (Him? Not a rosha!? There is extensive proof that he is. He himself won’t deny the violence he has done.)”
Really -he told you he did many crimes?!?!
Did you ever hear of the Issur of believing LH?
Did you ever hear of being Dan L’caf Zecus?
On the one thing that he was convicted on in a Non-Bais Din -you can be Choset for (perhaps believe), nothing more.
“Still however, good riddance is simply “An expression of pleasure on being rid of some annoyance – usually an individual.”
Exactly, and how do you know what kind of individual he is?
“This guy caused so much to pain so many Jewish people.”
And how do you know that?
“Of course they are happy that some local mafia member isn’t around to torture them. Even if you cannot hate the guy, you can definitely hate his actions.”
How do you know what his actions are?
(I already stated above – “The only way he can have a Din Rosha if they Paskened on him like this in Bais Din or you’ve personally seen him do Aveiros ALL the time (this can even be through video if it’s a positive indentification).)”
I doubt you saw a video of him and he never was called in front of any Bais Din!
“Why not thank hashem for taking away this Tzaar?”
And how do you know this guy is a Tzarr?
I really don’t blame you for the way you think because e/o believes anything in the News. But us Frum Jews have a Torah and this what we believe in, nothing more. The Chofetz Chaim wrote Halchos on L.H. in his Sefer. In there he says clearly just because you read something in a newspaper (nowadays it would be any media), all the Dinim of L.H. apply. This would include not believing it!
Now for an author to come to a comment of “Good Riddance”, he/she would have to believe what was said about the guy!
Maybe you, (and others) should get off the net and start learning our Torah, esp. when it comes to the Dinim of Loshon Hora!
A public apology from YWN would be the right thing to do!