Food for thought.

Someone mistook a namesake for the deceased. That person knew the namesake, but not the deceased, so naturally he was sad. But the moment he realised it wasn't someone he knew, he felt rather... embarrassed.

The interesting thing here is that it didn't matter whether someone he knew really passed away or not. He had enough reason to believe that it happened, and that was enough to make him sad.

Nice. Perceptions matter so much. White lies have a point.