I don't think this is valid. People are using "ironic" here in the sense of tragic irony -- Someone thinks they are doing one thing, but the gods have different ideas (Oedipus for example). This is the universe saying one thing, and meaning another.

The one that bothers me -- speaking of tragedy -- is the misuse of tragedy. People are always saying something is tragic when they mean pathetic, i.e. full of sad emotion.

And don't get me started on decimate.

yours,

Peter T.