To me, pretending to die is nowhere close to funny. The fact that it was done before is, of course, a red flag. Still...it obviously possible that it is for real this time. But like the boy who cried wolf, the previous cases cannot help but lessen the level of sympathy. Like all, I wish death for no one (well, almost), particulary not for someone I don't even know and, to the best of my knowledge, has really not done anything horribly evil in his/her life.
Wanted to say that before I said this:
Is it not peculiar that tragedy struck about a day after someone's name stopped being mentioned (having been replaced by an appropriate pseudonym)?
Now, the real name is once again all over this thread. I suggest that everyone should stop posting about the event until after Easter (a clever time, by the way, to pick for being reborn. though a wholly inapproriate one). Let it rest...there will be time for sympathy when it is time for sympathy.
Rob