David, at the time that he made that comment, RC still had a hatred of Hobgoblins due to his childhood. After he realised he was turning into Xykon, he would have probably disagreed with that comment completely. Also, why shouldn't evil characters want to heal/revive people because they want to? Apart from the (then LN) Wee Jas wanting to be consulted before reviving people who were less then level 9 in the 1st Editon, do any other dieties have issues with relatively weak characters being brought back?