Maybe living out in the cornfields one was insulated.
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This might be an unfair impression, but it seems like those living in cornfields are the most hysterical about the modern equivalents. At times, this doesn't appear far from the truth:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/security-beefed-up-at-cedar-rapids-public-library,217/
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."