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Oliver Schick-
Yes, as Eichmann and other 'refused' accountability saying they were plainly following orders, maybe the 'boss' (had him been around) would have been called into question. There is quite a lot of interesting research that shows that did not actually follow direct orders, but simply imagined what the man himself would have liked (which led to quite an crazy escalation)....
frankohara
I am, I would love to have seen him stand trial next to Eichmann. I would have loved, even more, to see what people like Hannah Arendt would have made of his trial and legacy. We could have potentially avoided so many of the current ramifications if we had had an opportunity to see him challenged and his arguments defeated. His suicide in many ways prevented all, in his side and ours, from getting a proper resolution to one of the darkest passages of human history. So yes, his suicide was sad in many ways.