It's often you who picks up on others "jokey type comments" as being insensitive etc, and you do the above!
Try practicing what you preach maybe?.........
I too saw the video of the Mother begging for her sons life, as a Father of 3 (now adult children) I can't begin to feel how that poor woman must feel, I only hope she is somehow strong enough to get through it all, I doubt it though, how does a human being get over something like that?