A Catholic Homeschool Father Won't Bother to Review the Rest of the Harry Potters

Gloria Romanorum blog ^ | 10/25/07 | Florentius

[Antoninus]

Any questions?

[Antoninus]

FYI...

[ClearCase_guy]

I've enjoyed your previous reviews, and I completely understand why you're stopping. On the whole, I've thought that Rowling did a petty good job with the books and I thought that she was making at least some attempt (not always successful) to get across a decent moral message.

I was deeply unhappy with the Dumbledore announcement. So uncessary. Such a poke in the eye. So disappointing.

[Antoninus]

I was deeply unhappy with the Dumbledore announcement. So uncessary. Such a poke in the eye. So disappointing.

But hey, the 'experts' are already calling it a "teachable moment" and the "Dumbledore is gay" thing will be discussed by young children all over the world. The Culture of Death got an early Winter Solstice present from Rowling.

[darkangel82]

A Catholic Homeschool Father Won't Bother to Review the Rest of the Harry Potters

LOL! I wouldn't either.

[SF Republican]

So unnecessary. Such a poke in the eye. So disappointing.
I think it was a set-up question. Why would a 5 year old kid give a hoot if some old grandpa found true love? Would a kid really ask such a question (on his own)?

[GeronL]

a brazen attempt to be culturally relevant. there is not a hint of homo in the entire series and she does this? next week the series will be a parable about the dangers of global warming and the week after that it will be that Voldemort is actually AIDS.

she pretty much ruined her books acceptance to millions of readers by becoming political retroactively.

[Non-Sequitur]

So in other words, had Rowling made the statement about Dumbledore a few weeks ago it would have saved him from reading books 1 thru 5?

[GeronL]

I already read 1-5, better than the films BTW. I guess the next film should be a Dumbldore-Grunwald sex romp. Imagine the reviews!!

[Antoninus]

You were right all along....

[Antoninus]

So in other words, had Rowling made the statement about Dumbledore a few weeks ago it would have saved him from reading books 1 thru 5?

Not reading, reviewing. I already reviewed books 1-5. I won't bother to review the last two. As is clear from the article above, I've already read them.

[GeronL]

moral confusion. I hear books 6 and 7 are much darker and that even Harry Potter has a mean streak or something like that. She could have made that such a good transformational ending. But I guess her flickering soul was out when she wrote the ending.

[Antoninus]

I guess the next film should be a Dumbldore-Grunwald sex romp.

Tentative Title: Harry Potter and The Headmaster's Stones.

[Non-Sequitur]

So back to the original question, had you known then what you know now would you have bothered to read them at all? Or would the ‘butt lust’ connection have turned you off completely?

[GeronL]

"Dumbledore lets the dark wizard have whats coming to him"- The Times

"Dumbledore comes through in the end"- The Telegraph

[Antoninus]

moral confusion. I hear books 6 and 7 are much darker and that even Harry Potter has a mean streak or something like that.

The most confusing part is that Rowling expends a lot of energy explaining what's so bad about the Unforgivable Curses and then Harry goes and uses them without any remorse or punishment. But then again, in the world of Rowling-Christianity, the idea of sin is so passé.

[GeronL]

Heather has three daddies is just good literature if you take out the fact its meant for kids? OK I made this book up.

[Antoninus]

So back to the original question, had you known then what you know now would you have bothered to read them at all? Or would the ‘butt lust’ connection have turned you off completely?

No, I wouldn't. For the same reason I didn't go watch Broke-Back Mountin'--Rarely is the Enemy so accomodating as to tell you what he's doing in advance.

[GeronL]

He breaks every rule they give him it seems

[Claud]

Can’t say I blame you one bit.

This whole business is tainting everything with its filth....reminds me of when the sewer backed up into my basement. Whatever was in its path I could never look at the same way again.