I too openly wept...on and off for the entire day I think, and a bit the next as well. And I'm not kidding :)
I think it's something worth talking about for sure, and you might want to include greetersguild in that one too. I think @terminallyill would be interested also.
I still have the damn tab open and have skimmed it but haven't had a chance to give it a good go-over yet! The never-ending story here :)