Excuse me for being harsh but if they had been killed in a car crash would we be offering condolances to people that we had never met? I doubt it. Always seems a bit hypocritical to me.
Am I upset by the deaths of people I have never met? I just read with passing interest this along with the deaths of the other hundreds of thousands of people that die each day. This is life.
I do however believe that we should try to understand the causes of the accident as pilots and if by doing so we can prevent another accident then it is worth the effort.
As has been said before it in no way dishonours those who died.
If god forbid I should bin it and die then please feel free to anaylse my demise in the hope that it benefits learning. But don't send false condolances!