>>510300043They could have, but for one, they were exceedingly rare, and secondly, those that did happen, weren't hammered for years on end on mainstream media, they'd usually be suppressed for the most part, this really was a shift in tone, a very weird one. I remember it well, friends and family double checking their locked doors and whatnot. Then 2008 happened and everyone became a pessimist overnight, you know, the kind that don't put up much of a fight, no matter what.