RW and death was JKR's writing in OoP (was Re: Sirius's Future)

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> catkind now:  Why do deaths have to be significant or life-lessons?
> They aren't in Real Life, perhaps that is the point JKR was trying 
to
> make? No, Sirius' death doesn't make much sense, and that's exactly
> why I think it might be well written after all.   
> 
Potioncat:
I agree.  And look at this, we all knew someone was going to die.  
Then we were set up time and time again to expect a death, only to 
dodge the bullet, so to speak. (Weasley kids, Arthur, Minerva...) 
All of a sudden, without warning, Sirius is gone.  After DD the 
great savior of the WW shows up.

But that's what happens in the RW.  I know this isn't JKR's 
experience, but my kids have come to think of death as something 
that comes out of nowhere.  Look at their experience:

1.) 9/11 a neighbor is killed at the Pentagon during his 2 weeks 
reserve duty

2.) the following year, in our area, a sniper kills one person after 
another, at schools, service stations, shopping center parking lots.

3.) several classmates have died in car accidents

4.) several classmates have died from suicide.

It is one heck of a grim world out there for teenagers!