"They poison the mind and corrupt the morals of the young, who waste their time sitting on sofas immersed in dangerous fantasy worlds", eso es lo que se decía en el siglo XVIII sobre las novelas y cómo "corromperían" a la juventud. Encontré esta cita leyendo la edición del 18 de enero de 2007 de la revista inglesa The Economist en el artículo " Don't Shoot the Messenger ". Lo mismo se dijo después de los paquines, el cine, la televisión y ahora, con los video juegos. "Criticism of games is merely the latest example of a tendency to demonise new and unfamiliar forms of entertainment. In 1816 waltzing was condemned as a “fatal contagion” that encouraged promiscuity; in 1910 films were denounced as “an evil pure and simple, destructive of social interchange”; in the 1950s rock 'n' roll music was said to turn young people into “devil worshippers” and comic books were accused of turning children into drug addicts and criminals. In each c