My sympathy gland has shrunk from over use. I’ll save the precious little bit that’s left for people I care about or people in tragic situations. This guy just got taken out by chlorine in the gene pool.
I've basically warned my family & friends I don't do guilt trips anymore: no white guilt, no male guilt, no parent guilt (my 19 YO son is really ticked at me: he's paying his CC tuition & fees until he can show me a GPA of 2.5 or better), no husband guilt (after 20+ years of marriage, that well has really dried up! LOL!), etc.
Yeah, I guess you can say my sympathy gland has shrunk, too. If you're going to work around live animals, you better beware of the job hazards.
I understand your point, insofar as how really sad can one feel about the death of a stranger, but that doesn’t mean you should be so callous, and as for the gene pool, be very careful my friend. None of us is exempt from doing stupid things. Most of the people I have met who have had an “accident,” will always start off by saying, “it was really stupid of me....”