I always see death as a very sombre and unfortunate event (hell, I even mourned Bin Laden's passing) but then, I accept that you just aren't attached to people who die when you dkn't know them, so you can't be expected to feel much more than sorrow for them and their families. My thoughts, and if I was religious my prayers, go out to everyone who's grieving over the losses such as the attacks in Norway and the famine, but am I myself haunted emotionally by them? Not really. I think it's awful, but I can't find an emotional link between myself and those people. You can get into the sciency stuff here about Monkeyspheres, but in summary, no, I don't think it's necessary to truly mourn every death with anything more than a bit of sorrow and respect.
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