[nmh]

Why does it bother Harry Potter fans that many disapprove of the books? I won't allow that book in my household, yet I don't spend oodles of time villifying those who do. I'll simply put in my two cents if a thread pops up on it and move on. Here I see quite a few threads dominated by supporters of Harry Potter and why those who don't support him are idiots. Sigh ... thankfully what others believe doesn't dictate my values and beliefs.

[Xenalyte]

Because the disapproval is based on absolutely nothing. If there were anything factual behind it, I'd be inclined to give it a bit more weight.

[discostu]

If they just said "I don't want to read the books, nor will I allow my children to" that would be one thing. But they don't. Their answer is to claim the books are evil and lead to paganism and satan and therefore those that read them are evil. Just look at the original article, there are people describing others as "handmaiden of satan"m that's not mere disapproval, that's a direct attack on people's character. Not to mention that the same song and dance gets played every few years about something and there's a a large group of us that are just damned sick of being told we're dupes of satan by clowns that can't find their rearends with both hands a map and a sherpa.