On Thu, 15 February 2001, Omachonu Ogali wrote:

So now we need someone to hold the hand of 17,000 ASes because of 1 or 2 mishaps. Rethink this please. I doubt the DFZ needs a government. If you hate it, filter them, if not ignore it.

It is considerably more than 1 or 2 mishaps. However, unless it happens to www.whitehouse.gov, it doesn't get much attention. On any day, if you looked at the route table, you would find several examples.