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Harry Potter: 3 More Things I Learned
ExileStreet ^ | 8/1/07 | John Mark Reynolds

Posted on 08/01/2007 6:59:32 AM PDT by ParsifalCA

I am warning those who have not finished the series . . . and there must be still a few of them by now. . . that there are spoilers ahead. I have just finished the last book . . . having spent an enjoyable evening with it thanks to Sam’s Club and an indulgent wife.

I am done with Harry Potter and enjoying the literary aftertaste the way one enjoys a fine meal almost as much after it is done as when it is being consumed . . . though it is a bit sad that the series is finished.

And it is really finished . . .

Will one be able to re-read the books with pleasure?

I think the answer is only a tentative “yes.” If one knows the “puzzles” and “the secrets” of the book, it will not take away the charm of the characters or the fun of a good Quidditch match, but the first read will always be the best.

The strength of these books is in the plot and the second read, when everything is known, will be satisfying for finding all the clues to what happens . . . but I am hard pressed to know if I will want to re-read them a third or fourth time.

A really great book is as good on the fourth read . . . and some children’s books (Little White Horse) are better.

I deeply enjoyed the last book and thought the ending satisfying. For those who found them quite Christian, they will find much in this last book to give strength to their idea.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: childrensbooks; christianity; culture; deloresumbridge; harrypotter; hillaryumbridge; kidbooks; nooccultpractices; strictly4kids; threaddementorsalert; tinfoilwitcheshat
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To: Tax-chick
Can we find some connection to Ron Paul? That’ll really stir things up!

Ron Paul is definitely a muggle.

301 posted on 08/01/2007 12:20:59 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (I drink coffee for your protection.)
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To: TexasAg1996
Well the fact that the wizard population is so tiny despite being more powerful, thus having better survival traits. That and the existence of squibs.

Next up, abortion! Wait, is that not controversial enough? hmm...
302 posted on 08/01/2007 12:21:07 PM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: TalonDJ
“Oh, so it did not effect you but Ignatz is not capable of raising kids to be as virtuous as you?”

I am an adult and am capable of discerning when I am being presented with a pack of lies - such as is presented in HP.

303 posted on 08/01/2007 12:22:14 PM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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To: ReignOfError

Your mother turned you on to “Office Space”?

You must have one of the coolest moms EVER. (You oughta get her a red Swingline.)


304 posted on 08/01/2007 12:22:20 PM PDT by Xenalyte (Cheese . . . milk's leap toward immortality.)
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To: The Blitherer

It’s always good to find a new subject for reading, and Lincoln is extremely interesting!


305 posted on 08/01/2007 12:22:20 PM PDT by Tax-chick (All the main characters die, and then the Prince of Sweden delivers the Epilogue.)
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To: PetroniusMaximus
I wonder why several B&Ns I’ve visited set out a display table of HP books and then fill a table right next to it will serious occultism books?

1) define "serious accultism books."

B) Document that this has occurred. Dates, place, and if you have a camera in your cell phone, bonus. I somehow don't see any bookseller with half a brain stacking Aleister Crowley books around the Harry Potter display. It would be one for the all-time annals of dumb marketing, and B&N didn't get where it is by being stupid.

306 posted on 08/01/2007 12:22:28 PM PDT by ReignOfError (`)
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To: TalonDJ
Well the fact that the wizard population is so tiny despite being more powerful, thus having better survival traits. That and the existence of squibs.

Darn it! I knew I skipped the evolution part too quickly.
307 posted on 08/01/2007 12:22:49 PM PDT by TexasAg1996
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To: The Blitherer
I think my next book should be a Lincoln biography.

I am pretty sure he dabbled in the occult. I mean, just look at all that black clothing! The clearly not pointy hat was a deliberate obfuscation.
308 posted on 08/01/2007 12:23:20 PM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: TexasAg1996
I'm stuck on the evolution bit...

Careful examination of the fossil record clearly shows that Grindlows are descended from Sea Monkeys.

309 posted on 08/01/2007 12:23:29 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: TexasAg1996; TalonDJ
Wizards can apparate, so there's no sense in having any kind of borders, thus wizard immigration is OK.

But, what does it mean that you can't apparate in and out of Hogwarts? Hmmm???

310 posted on 08/01/2007 12:23:33 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (I drink coffee for your protection.)
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To: TexasAg1996; Corin Stormhands
He's like Thicknesse, the imperiused new Minister of Magic obeying and helping the enemy?

Now there's a sharp observation.

311 posted on 08/01/2007 12:24:16 PM PDT by Tax-chick (All the main characters die, and then the Prince of Sweden delivers the Epilogue.)
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To: PetroniusMaximus
I am an adult and am capable of discerning

Hey, I bet that covers the teen male prostitute porn too eh? Handy!
312 posted on 08/01/2007 12:24:54 PM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: Corin Stormhands
But, what does it mean that you can't apparate in and out of Hogwarts? Hmmm???

Securing your own home or a building is easy. You can't possibly secure a country. You couldn't, for example, build a fence on your southern border to keep out illegals. It's just not magically possible!
313 posted on 08/01/2007 12:24:55 PM PDT by TexasAg1996
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To: The Blitherer; Tax-chick
Actually, I really don't know enough about Lincoln (other than what I was taught in grade school) to really comment on that. Isn't that sad?

That's frightening. My oldest came home from kindergarten and told us that the "South Americans killed Abraham Lincoln."

And we live in Virginia...

314 posted on 08/01/2007 12:25:10 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (I drink coffee for your protection.)
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To: Corin Stormhands

>>Seems like people who aren’t supposed to be reading about witchcraft sure are spending a heckuva lot of time reading about it.<<

“I only came in here to get directions on how to get away from here!”


315 posted on 08/01/2007 12:25:48 PM PDT by Xenalyte (Cheese . . . milk's leap toward immortality.)
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To: Corin Stormhands
But, what does it mean that you can't apparate in and out of Hogwarts? Hmmm???

Give me a sec... I am sure I can tie that to HP being anti homeschooling...
316 posted on 08/01/2007 12:26:21 PM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: Corin Stormhands
South Americans killed Abraham Lincoln.

LOL!

I remember when my kids discovered that their friends next door had never heard of the Alamo.

317 posted on 08/01/2007 12:27:11 PM PDT by Tax-chick (All the main characters die, and then the Prince of Sweden delivers the Epilogue.)
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To: Xenalyte
I only came in here to get directions on how to get away from here

*snort*

318 posted on 08/01/2007 12:27:59 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (I drink coffee for your protection.)
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To: PetroniusMaximus

Actually I’ve put forth my argument multiple times. You keep fleeing in terror from that and then return to whining about how I think it’s creepy you talking about teenage male prostitutes is a good argument.

Let’s review shall we:
There is no occult in HP.
There is nothing similar to real world occult in HP.
This is made clear early on in the first HP book and movie (and repeated throughout) when we learn that Harry does “magic” even though he knows nothing about it.
Your “sources” are crap, you’ve got a supposedly pagan organization that no one ever heard of and if you go to their website it’s clear they aren’t actually very much of an organization; a general secretary to a teacher’s organization who doesn’t actually know anything about the occult; and a bunch of condemning “Christians” who not only think Harry Potter is evil but also include Mormon and Jehovah’s Witnesses on their evil list.

So there it is again the argument I’ve put forth multiple times, and that you keep ignoring to whine about other stuff. You really should stop lying, you know I’ve made these arguments, you know they win, you know you have no facts. Trying to say I haven’t presented an argument is just pathetic and lame at this point. You’re wrong, man up and admit it. Stop aligning yourself with the worst elements of “Christianity” (those people really aren’t Christian) and work with the truth.


319 posted on 08/01/2007 12:28:40 PM PDT by discostu (indecision may or may not be my biggest problem)
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To: TalonDJ; Corin Stormhands
But, what does it mean that you can't apparate in and out of Hogwarts? Hmmm???

It means they're protectionist xenophobes.

320 posted on 08/01/2007 12:28:49 PM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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