Ace Dreamer Wrote:But, how do you strike the balance between discouragement, and total moral panic?A proper balance is probably impossible, so some people would be in the moral panic side, and others would not believe a word; the end result still will be restrictions and hesitations, wich would delay 'dane action -and that was the point, after all.
And the best lies do have a grain of truth: A good percentage of Mads were turned (more) insane by the handwavium.
It also can explain the more extreme 'dane anti-fen reactions like Fox news.