sf wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 02:41:40 -0500, "cybercat" >
> wrote:
>
>>"sf" > wrote in message
>
>
>>>You're a young 'un! I didn't go into a funk over this death, but his
>>>murder did make me pause because he was an icon of my generation.
>>>
>>
>>I got really upset over the death of Harry Chapin in 1981. And Frank Zappa's
>>death tore me up. (I mean *tore* me up. I adored him, his music, what he was
>>trying to do.)
>>
>
> I have to say, you get a lot more emotional over strangers than I do.
> Music is music. Nothing more.

And yet you continue posting to this thread.

It's normal to feel grief and loss, even for a stranger, when it's
someone who has touched so many lives, whether it be through music, art,
literature, humor, insight, or through research and exploration. It's
normal to feel horror and pity for a light snuffed out before its time,
and to empathize with loved ones left behind.

I feel sorry for you. I can't imagine going through life as an
emotional flat-liner.