nursing homes are loud and strong. We never want to see a story like this again. Several readers asked why The Sun-Herald and the Herald published unpixellated images of the man accused of setting the fire. Our lawyers advised that there was no legal reason to pixellate, so publishing Dean's photograph did not constitute the miscarriage of justice some readers were fearful of. 6 comments According to the man in charge of the rescue, Jim Smith, materials used in the furniture have been banned in the US and Britain, and from Australian places of public entertainment, like football stadiums. But not in hospitals or nursing homes. No further information was given. How do we find out what materials these are? Commenter Janadele Date and time November 23, 2011, 6:19AM I wonder how many of the complainants have elderly relatives or friends in nursing homes, and therefore regularly see people like those in the photos. I visit my 90 year grandmother in her nursing home. I see her more-disabled fellow residents as they are wheeled in on their beds for Christmas sing-alongs or ANZAC Day services. I see them drool uncontrollably. I see them utterly unresponsive to any stimuli. I see them confused, and prone to outbursts of tears or shouting. (I also see the sprightly ones who celebrate their hundredth birthday with a glass of wine and a politically-incorrect joke or two.) Old age can be undignified, but it is a fact of life and people shouldn't be "shielded" from