[nemoforone]

I understand the tradition, but I'd imagine the proper show of respect for Lightening in particular would have been to work through the day.

[lidersontop]

MrFun, you don't get what Patroklos is saying. He's being ironic, pointing out that the miners were showing respect to someone who made them work harder by not working.

[soonahonsefalh]

Originally posted by Comrade Snuggles
MrFun, you don't get what Patroklos is saying. He's being ironic, pointing out that the miners were showing respect to someone who made them work harder by not working. True, but that supervisor was an asshat anyway. And yet, I still understand why the workers were affected the way they were with his death - because they're all human.