24's Season Kickoff...and MLK Day

If the rumours and spoilers are true, anyone else see the irony in 24's season kickoff opening with the assassination of the first African-American US President, the evening before the Federal Holiday celebrating The Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday?

There's something inherently tacky about that (I love the show...but the timing seems a bit toooooooooo...something)

Sort of like Mardi Gras, the whole purpose of which is to indulge all the sins you are about to give up, eh?