I don't quite know what to say. I communicated with him via the forums on the net, and yet I never knew Mea really. It is an unpleasant surprise to us here, but certainly a terrible shock to his family. Losing someone at such a young age is a great misfortune. My sympathies and condolences to the family and friends.

The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?
~Jeremy Bentham