This Draco character in the HP books is a stand in for reptilians. The author has been stealing from David Icke. This New Age nonsense is bad for children and leads to harmful fantasies. If adults want to dabble in magic, astrology and sorcery that's different. But this Harry Potter book will just confuse children who don't get enough solid religion as it is. Instead they'll get a Harry Potter style religion
People want to transcend the mundane and here is where the Harry Potter New Age cult comes in while prayer is kept out of our schools
I am sure you did not intend it to be, but that statement is pretty insulting to a lot of FReeping parents.
Like many other parents, I read the HP books before my kids do so I know what we will be discussing--and we do discuss the books. We also read the Bible together, followed by more discussions. We also go to church together, followed by more discussions.
FWIW, I read all of my kids' books before they do--all of them. Textbooks, library books, magazines, you name it.
And here I had been thinknig she was stealing from Matthew 10:16 "Therefore be wise as serpents" in attributing the virtues of wisdom and caution to Slytherin House (emblematic animal: the serpent)
An educated woman, with a degree in classical literature and an almost encyclopedic knowledge of legend and folklore, steals her ideas from a two-bit conspiracy theorist? Riiight.
No one ever thought of using a snake as a symbol of evil before Icke. </sarcasm>