One virtue-signalling sadsack fell for it, though. Pathetic.

Dear Basso70,

None of us have any reason to doubt your posting.
It should be enough that the Moderator has allowed it.

You reached out. It was up to us how to respond.

Here's some more thoughts for you - that may help:

To mourn too long for those we love is self indulgent
but to honour their memory with a promise to live a
little better for having known them,
gives purpose to their life and some reason for their death.

(Nan Witcomb.)

Take care.

cont'd :-

When the world
is at its worst
and the darkest side
shows through -
when fear
turns into hate
and greed
obscures the view -
when no one seems to care
and Autumn winds blow cold,
the old don't understand
the young despise the old -
when life keeps turning grey
I need my rainbow's end
or a patch of blue
where the sun shines through
I need you, my friend -

(Nan Whitcomb.)

Does the moderator actually look at every post? Modern technology can pass or block material automatically in accordance with with set triggers.

There is nothing in the post to set off alarms; just some poor sod admitting to depression thinking that the world at large would be interested in the passing of someone they don’t know.

The real tragedy is someone actually responding to a post like this thinking it makes then a 'nice' person, when there is every chance that it is hoax from someone bored or batty.

ttbn,

You cannot even begin to judge correctly until your own heart is right and your own eye is clear.

Graham Downing was no doubt a man of stature, note, a sign of hard work and effort. Someone who gave his life for others. Someone many knew and looked up to in terms of life and discovery.

As the Bible says: "Judge not lest ye be judged" a book held in high regard by many people.

Nathan,

It's a surprise that you took so long to say something stupid and irrelevant.