Well, if you think of person as a bunch of ideas, maybe with a mind attached, then by attacking a dead person you're attacking a bunch of vulnerable ideas that no longer have a mind to defend them. You can still call it a person, if you like.

>You can still call it a person, if you like.

No thanks, because a person is not a group of ideas + a mind.

You didn't say what you mean, so I'll guess you mean souls, and you didn't say it because you're embarrassed.