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"One thing that will never cease to make me smirk out of frustration is
how often the purveyors of the moral panic du jour seem to cast aside
the morality of telling the damned truth when making their panicked
arguments. Today it's all video games and ghost stories, with names like
Jack Thompson cemented in our minds as bullshit artists fairly easily
cast aside as the crackpots that they are. That said, these people are
simply the latest iteration in a long and glorious history of people
trying to make a buck or a reputation off of the fears of parents and
it's useful to remind people we've all been here before and history
hasn't judged these fear-peddlers all too kindly."
It's long been known that Wertham was a liar, but this new report based
on access to his recently unsealed files provides much more detail of
just how egregiously he lied.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
