Re: Brother down ..

In news:qvmeh3pi4i9j10ftqieuj1adsr2re314va@xxxxxxx,
Champ <news@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wibbled
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:48:07 +0100, Phil Launchbury
<phill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In general I don't respond to these, or other 'personal' (e.g. happy
birthday) threads. If I know someone well enough to care about the

I don't either (generally) - but this one I did because I know what a
kick in the guts it is losing a friend on a bike. And if that friend
is your brother as well I suspect it's worse.

Now I'm not suggesting that you have never lost a friend in a bike
accident - far from it. It's just that I chose to respond because it
would have comforted *me* if someone had responded when I was in that
situation..

Well, I've not tested this (and hope not to), but if I were in that
situation, I don't believe a sympathetic message from a complete
stranger would comfort me.

Trust me they do, more so really than people close, as for a stranger to
show caring and empathy means someones taken time out to show their
feelings.

--
Steve Parry
K1200GT SE & F650
and a 520i SE Touring for comfort .. it's days are numbered
www.gwynfryn.co.uk


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