In Australia they are considering anti-terrorist legislation that defines terrorism so broadly that damage caused during legitimate protest could be construed as "terrorism". Very scary stuff. Talk about using a tragedy to clamp down on anmti-government protests. In the US I ehar that radio stations have been banned from playing particular songs, including John Lennon's "Imagine", and anything performed by RATM. I don't know whether the bans have been lifted yet, but that is truly worrying stuff. As soon as something happens, suddenly no one is allowed criticise a capitalist society, or US foreign policy, or whatnot. It's almost a surprise that this site forum hasn't been blocked, or that Rask hasn't been dragged from his home. Ok, ok, that's going a bit far, but still...
"Dozens of people spontaneously combust each year, it's just not that widely reported".