lets honor and mourn the death of those who we do not know personally but are related to well known public figures = pretty stupid in my eyes. feel good kind of crap.
At the very least, this is the acceptable social norm regardless of the other person's stature / social standing, is it not?
so, interestingly enough, what you're using as an argument is in fact the exact reason why this seems wrong to me ;)
lets honor and mourn the death of those who we do not know personally but are related to well known public figures = pretty stupid in my eyes. feel good kind of crap.