I find it interesting Cooper that you try to defend Cummins' action by suggesting parents would offer as would you. Do you have some evidence of this, or is this just you guessing.
So you are essentially comparing fact with supposition, pretty worthless comparison, in my opinion.
I don't think people on this board are enraged, I think there is a sense of wry humour at the situation. If you had lost a loved one and were forbidden to attend a funeral, or couldn't have one last visit with a dying husband, wife, child or parent, I suspect you would be absoloutely and rightfuly enraged by Cummins behaviour and the resulting rallying around of this worthless tory cabinet.