Hell, a little while back I heard a dang Buzzcocks song on a car commercial. The original, too, not a watered-down cover. Anything can be co-opted, and probably will be.
Forest will grow back... A better question is whether it makes sense to have people living in a tinderbox.
Guy
Actually, some WON'T be growing back, at least anytime soon. I saw a report that some recent fires have burned so unusually hot that even trees that have evolved to live with regular forest fires have been killed. Now that's depressing.
Letterman got some laughs letting Ashcroft sing this on his show. Ashcroft sure was a moron, but now it seems he'll mainly be remembered for not being as bad as Gonzales.