Sorry this happened in your city

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(10-30-2018, 03:40 PM)Benton Wrote: It's like "I'm sorry for your loss" after a death.

The person may genuinely be saddened for the recipient's loss, but if you're in mourning, it's the go to line for people who don't have or don't know what else to say. So it takes a lot of the meaning off when you hear it a few dozen times from people ranging from those who knew the deceased to those who showed up for the free peppermints.

The issue isn't commoners saying it,  but our leaders who are supposedly in a position to protect us or change things.  If I tell my friend I have cancer he can say he's praying for me or thinking about me. If I tell my oncologist I have cancer, I expect a more in depth and solutions-based response. 

Unless we are terminal, in which case you'll get the "best of luck...sorry" response from everyone.