@Rialtoir And again, I think that's perfectly fine to hear him and listen to his pain in this situation. Yeah, Sakurai probably did a good thing in comforting him. Again, my only issue was with just how he phrased it. This may be a pretty bad example, but imagine a child got bullied by someone who is X race, and then someone comforts that child by saying something like "Don't pay attention to them. They're just a dumb [insert racial slur]." The action of comforting the child is perfectly fine. The way in which it is being done is not fine. Let me be clear. I'm not saying that Sakurai is being racist or something like that. I'm saying that his words make a bad statement.
@Tersione "There is absolutely no need for you to conceal your sadness" That's the exact words Sakurai used. Again, the only thing I said is that sometimes, it is appropriate to conceal your sadness when you know someone else has it worse off. The only thing I said is that Sakurai's words take an extreme position. Yes, I do disagree when you say that no one took an extreme position.
Yes, of course the context of Sakurai's words are important. Let's take a look at the context. Sakurai knows NOTHING about this stranger. Maybe this stranger that he's comforting is a bad person. Sakurai makes his statement in an almost complete vacuum. All he knows is that this person is crying because they had a fight with their lover. That's it. In that context, it looks like Sakurai's statement is absolute.
The problem that I'm having is that you seem to be reading in and inventing context to make Sakurai not only a good guy but also always saying the best things. Yes, he's clearly a good guy, as we've seen in this story. The problem is that if you actually look at the context, we have two people who are strangers to each other, and one of them, without knowing anything but the most surface details, makes this statement about absolutely no need. That's the real context. You are inventing context to make Sakurai's words better.