And beyond that, it's accurate. It's what he'd have to do and say to sincerely condone for his fraud. He could never make up for the damage he's done and the losses and pains some of us suffered. Sure, the ignominy and waste of having spent so much time and effort trying to achieve a delusional goal ( or several  goals - he kept changing them) is something we all suffered. But then there's the real suffering piled on top for the child victims of sexism abuse, the broken families, and the families not started because of his demands. For years we've seen the harm documented here and this is just a sub set of all the people he has harmed.

If like Scrooge, he'd had a Christmas epiphany, he'd be right on the phone to you to follow up your suggestions. It's the least and the best he could do. 

Thanks for a splendid and thought provoking post.

Happy new year to you both.