New breaking news: PM is 'mildly astonished' at actor Rajkumar's death

“Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed shock and grief over the passing away of Kannada thespian Rajkumar.”

That comes courtesy PTI, the official PM-spotter. The shocking bit here is the word shock.
What does it mean? “A feeling of mild astonishment or shock caused by something unexpected,” says Oxford. Re-read and note the word MILD.

Just to turn it around, will you be ‘mildly astonished’ at the PM’s death? Reactions will, of course, differ (some may even be overjoyed; it’s a democracy after all), but I would reserve my shocks for milder things like: “I am shocked the way our PM bows down to Bush” (on second thoughts that’s hardly surprising), or “the Left parties expressed shock (which they always do, never mind the issue) at Chidambaram’s open invitation to the private sector at the expense of poor us” (which, again, our FM always does, never mind the occasion).But shock at someone’s death?

Sorry guys, not done. Not by me at least.