Is Harry Potter merely entertainment?

BP News ^ | 6-3-04 | Phil Boatwright

[StoneColdGOP]

(You should see the flak I got for saying how much I think Rush sucks.)

You're not alone. I thought they were horrible BEFORE I found out the lead singer was a dude.

Yech.... And the classic rock station here in L.A. LOVES to play Rush. Plenty of suck ass tunes, not enough Black Sabbath.

[HungarianGypsy]

One of the cutest things I remember hearing were two little old ladies talking between classes at church. Listening in a little, I realized they were talking about how excited one of them was about going to see the last Harry Potter movie. That was entertaining.
Maybe it's just me, but I have noticed that a lot of the people I saw picking up the last book were women in their early to mid 30s. Maybe they were just buying them for their children, but I know a few friends who love reading Harry Potter, but their children have not gotten into the books just yet. My own husband teases me about reading books out of the juvenile section.

[Bluntpoint]

Lazamataz

A satanist

Since May 21, 1999

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Merely entertainment? Try not even.

[najida]

That is it!

The books are a wonderful escape to a time when you believed in magic and happy ever after and good always winning.

The older I get, the more juvenile my reading becomes. In a few years, I will be reading "Run Spot Run".

[StoneColdGOP]

We're going too!

[Xenalyte]

Geddy Lee is a dude? You lie!

All this time I thought Geddy Lee was Bacon's sister's secret identity. I'll be damned.

[steve-b]

they appeal to and can be completely understood by preadolescent boys

I'm sorry, but someone who believes that The Iliad or The Lord of the Rings can be completely understood by a (typical) preadolescent boy is as far out of touch with reality as someone who believes that Harry Potter stories will turn the nation's youth into minions of Satan.

[ActionNewsBill]

Great post, Aquinasfan, but I'm afraid it won't convince the Potter groupies here who don't have spiritual discernment.

[JenB]

All right, the HP-is-eeeeevil discussion thread finally appeared!

All the good answers are taken, so I'll just have to brag about how I dragged all my younger siblings down into darkness with me by reading "Harry Potter" aloud on the release weekend.

I cried after book 5. Can't wait for the movie tomorrow. I'm going twice this weekend. First time in costume.

[Bella_Bru]

I read on the Net that JK Rowling kills off either Ron or Hermione in the 6th book, have you heard anything about it?

No, and that would piss me off.

[retrokitten]

Listening in a little, I realized they were talking about how excited one of them was about going to see the last Harry Potter movie.

That is cute. My 80+ year old grandfather read them a few years ago before the movies came out. He would go out to eat by himself and put another jacket on the book so no one would know he was reading Harry Potter. LOL

My own husband teases me about reading books out of the juvenile section.

Everytime we pass The Series of Unfortunate Events books at Costco I want to pick them up, but I'm afraid my husband will make fun of me. LOL

[Bella_Bru]

Where's your tolerance for stupidity?

I left it on the freeway. :-)

[gc4nra]

"My high school had rituals......"



Don't even tell Aquinasfan about the rituals in the military. They made me shave my head, wear the same clothes as everyone else, and run everywhere carrying a gun!

It was almost satanic! (I won't even get into my 12 years of Catholic education.)

[Liberal Classic]

I did. Ew.

[StoneColdGOP]

Left it? Or threw it at the illegal alien orange peddlers on the ramps? ;-)

[JenB]

What a... waste of your valuable time. I've been reading Potter since I was 16. I've been involved in fandom, have personally met hundreds of fans of all ages. None of them had a "Harry Potter Conversion Story" - unless you count one friend who, as a result of HP, was exposed to Christians and ended up a devout Catholic.

And making an analogy between drinking unicorn's blood and communion is bloody stupid. I'm not Catholic, but the principle idea behind Christ's sacrifice is that he did it willingly for us. You couldn't claim salvation by stealing it, right? I'd draw a comparison between the unicorn's blood scene, and fetal stem cell research, actually.

[StoneColdGOP]

LOL... If he was my sister I'd keep it a secret too.

[gc4nra]

Hey ya-ll,

I thought you two put one of those disappearing spells on yourselves.

[retrokitten]

First time in costume.

Here I thought I was being daring taking the day off work to go. My husband won't let me wear my Gryffindor t-shirt. (Hot Topic and Torrid have them)