To make light of another mans' tradgey is just about as bad and low as it gets. The best apology is not to say something this stupid in the first place. Surely you read your own post.

The Mayans had it right. If you�re going to predict the future, it�s best to aim far beyond your life expectancy, lest you wind up red-faced in a bunker overstocked with Spam and ammo.