A bit of historical perspective is needed. Back in the day comic books were going to ruin American youth. Then the threat came from television. Rock and Roll was cited as a cause of promiscuity and moral decline, later superceded by Rap.
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The more things change the more they remain the same.  Priests and scribes have always sought to control access to the understanding of the the forces that shape nature and the inspire belief in the supernatural. Johannes Gutenberg was exiled by the Archbishop of Mainz subsequent to printing his bibles which allowed its access outside the control of the church, its priests and scribes.
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Could it be that today's scribes are simply carrying on the tradition of those documented in Gutenberg's Bible?  History does not repeat itself but it does rhyme.