To mourn the passing of a man you didn't know is the very essence of the human condition.

He stimulated you; caused you to think; emote; react; what more can you ask of stranger.

There is a poem that I first became aware of through a movie that I --possibly controversially--rate as one of the best ever made:

I never knew a wild thing
That felt sorry for itself.
A small bird will fall frozen dead from a bough
Without ever having felt sorry for itself.
- D. H. Lawrence

To feel sorry for oneself is arguably a characteristic unique to the human species.

As is, feeling sorry for another(*).

Could you have one without the other?

Is not sympathy the very essence of humanity?

Farewell Blazar. The world is a poorer place for your passing.

(*)There is some evidence to support the supposition that elephants are capable of feeling sorrow for the loss of another of their aquaintance.

In reply to Re: Sad news by BrowserUk
in thread Sad news by liverpole

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