'Chatting' about how some stranger might have been careless enough to get killed, when we don't know either way? What is wrong with people? Abstract discussions about road safety are quite different.
I guess I prefer to analyse stuff than ignore it. This discussion does seem to be primarily about how the area, and ones like it, could be made safer. The incident does matter but lets face it the thrust of the conversation isn't 'careless people die' which it could be. It's how do you make these areas safer. Your question was prompted by a post where I stated that I felt cracking down on cyclists in the area around where a cyclist had just been killed seemed like a crass, and incorrect thing to do. I don't disagree that some of the posts in the various threads this incident has created have been insensitive, unfortunately that seems to be the way for some CC posters. I'm not sure how you think the repercussions could be discussed without some degree of speculation by people on the original incident.
I agree, it's wrong to lose sight of the fact that someones life was ended, and a large number of peoples lives have been drastically changed by their involvement in this tragedy. But I feel that isn't being ignored across the board and that if an advocate walks in to a meeting and says 'we need signs where there are narrow lanes saying "don't overtake cyclists"' because they read it here and it struck a chord, or whatever, then that validates the discussion.