If it hasn't already been said, some support for Alec Baldwin as we know

[meadowlander]

38. Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of his either

but if I reflect on the top five worst experiences any human could ever have to live through, this is pretty high on my list.

1. Parent having to bury child
2. Accidentally killing someone else
3. Victim of violent assault or rape
4. Being bombed out of your house in a war and becoming a refugee
5. Illness takes away your ability to live independently

To me, those are the experiences that would leave me really struggling to find the strength to continuing living myself.

What's not helpful in those situations? Armchair investigators immediately scrutinizing why you didn't check up on your child more often or why you left the alarms off that night or why you ate so much salty food or why you didn't check that the prop gun you were handed by someone whose job it is to ensure firearm safety on set had been safely prepared for you.

Seriously? Even if it is the "number one rule of gun safety" that's not a reason why we can't feel compassion for Alec Baldwin (and everyone else working their way through what must be almost unbearable guilt right now). People make mistakes. I think the point here is that the consequences are so unintended and so disproportionate to the level of culpability of any one individual that it's actually really callous to be piling on right now.