Is it just me or...

I mean, I'm sure that he was a nice guy and all...
Originally uploaded by swarthbore.

...isn't it kind of surprising how devastated everyone seems to be about the Pope dying? Not that people necessarily shouldn't be upset, or anything - I'm sure that the Pope was a really great or at least well-meaning person and, yeah, he was THE POPE, but, well, is anyone really that surprised by his death? But, I mean, these people that you see pictures of everywhere seem really really upset...oh well.