In my job (ranger) I've been called to the scene of several dead bodies over the past few years and have seen how a little humor becomes a defense mechanism among those who work at the scene. As I read it, Spaw is deeply moved and hurt by the events of the last two days. Also understandable that there is greatly heightened sensitivity to the tone of comments on Mudcat over the the last two days, but separating the defense mechanisms from the truly flaming and extremely inapropriate posts/threads is something we must try to do over the next few days and weeks.