[Xenalyte]

You're kidding, right?

Are you another one of those who hasn't read the books, but can form a perfectly valid argument about how awful they are with absolutely no knowledge of what they contain?

[LanPB01]

Forget f.Christian. For pure Potter entertainment, contact nmh. On another Potter thread, someone posted an Onion article talking about how children were becoming devil worshippers due to Rowling's books. The article contained ridiculous quotes such as, "The son of god died because he was weak and stupid". nmh took it literally.

[Valin]

But But they talk about MAGIC!!! Therefore they are evil, and anyone how is even in the same room with one of these books is in extreme danger!

[AmericaUnited]

No + no.

[JoeSchem]

Are you another one of those who hasn't read the books, but can form a perfectly valid argument about how awful they are with absolutely no knowledge of what they contain?

I've read them, and while they are intriguing, I think the fuss is over the fact that something readable actually got past the publishing house editors. It couldn't happen in the US, and even in England, Rowling had to submit her novel to five publishers before one accepted. That means 80% of publishing house editors didn't have a clue they were holding the biggest publishing phenomenon of this generation in their hands.