Most people try to be especially compassionate in the event of tragedy.
Then there's Howard Stern, the sewer jockey who was at his vilest the morning after the Littleton, Colorado school massacre. I've read his remarks several times, and part of me can't believe he made them. But then I'm reminded who this man is and how obnoxious he can be when he puts his mind to it. If I was going to kill some people, I'd take them out with sex. This was inestimably worse.