[gilbetron]

This is about the public announcement and public reply to such an event. If you had a parent die, would you expect (demand, even) it to be announced in your company's newsletter and then have people publicly respond their condolences? Seems weird to me. Having been through the death of a parent, I (and others) let people know about it, and I received condolences and support privately, which I expected given the people were decent people, but doing all that in a public forum is weird and intrusive.