Ah, you loved me as a loser, but now you’re worried that I just might win.
Leonard Cohen, First We Take Manhattan

Rather than trying to explain why they were wrong, have a look at the pictures.

Does Pádraig look to you like someone who has an intolerable life?

Would it have been better had he died?

This is a man who is happier than I could ever hope to be.

A man who makes other people happier than I, and probably most of us, could ever dream of.

Ah, you loved me as a loser, but now you’re worried that I just might winYou know the way to stop me, but you don’t have the disciplineHow many nights I prayed for this, to let my work beginFirst we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

He is showing us a world as it will be.

His work has begun and he will not stop until it is done.

In Manhattan. In Berlin. In Dublin.

Wherever.