[MSCASEY]

They are fake spells. The children can see that; why can't you? Of course you could always prove me wrong. Let's see you do the spells.

To get real potions and spells would be a quick click on the net. You may try if you want to. I am not that foolish anymore. Do you just want to come out and laugh at the wiccans and satanist and tell them otherwise, because they take their faith seriously. And if so maybe you should debate them.

[alpowolf]

But we're not talking about real Wiccans, are we. We're talking about Harry Potter. Go ahead, get a wand with a feather from a phoenix (the fact that phoenixes don't exist shouldn't stop you; just go on the net, right?) and levitate something.

If reading Harry Potter causes children to try to become real witches, we should have some evidence of that by now, since millions have read the books. Show me some statistics, show me some facts. More hits on occult websites is not sufficient; idle curiosity could easily account for that.

Another thing to consider is the short attention span children have. Today's big fad is tomorrow's gatherer of dust. Remember Cabbage Patch dolls? The kids don't.