Thread:Talk:Article feedback/Please stop/reply (104)

Wasbeer appears to have quit participating in the middle of July, after discovering that his feedback would not result in the AFT being removed.

While the metaphorical use is common to the point of being unremarkable, in a sufficiently large audience, it's likely that someone will be dealing with the death of a loved one from cancer. Grieving people are not known for being rational, and people who have seen "dying from cancer" up close often forget that most cases of cancer don't kill people. For example, at least one-third of cancer cases are trivial non-melanoma skin cancer cases, which can be permanently cured in mere seconds: that's "cancer", but it almost never results in death.

I think it would be appropriate to just write off this whole exchange as someone having a bad day (bad month? The intense grief after losing a parent, spouse, or child commonly lasts for a median of four months).