[Dr. Eckleburg]

Your opinion however is not binding

Whoever said it was?

To dissuade kids from reading a book glorifying witchcraft and sorcery is not "Talibanish." I call it prudent. You don't. Fine. But the name-calling was 80% on the pro-Harry Potter side. I was called a "moron" and a "bigot" because I didn't show proper respect for the wiccan "religion." I know for a fact Warner Brothers had shills on this site spouting all sorts of garbage.

It's my understanding one of the points to this forum is fact-gathering. There were plenty of parents here who knew nothing of Harry Potter. Both sides offered what they thought of the books, pro and con.

Then there were the smart-asses who flung inflamatory, rude remarks like so much confetti. And they stopped the discussions cold, which is just what they set out to do.

[KeepTheEdge]

Warner Brothers had shills on here?

How much do they get paid?

[Arkinsaw]

All of your posts on the subject seem to indicate a verbal battle between kindly anti-Potter grandmas and hateful vindictive pro-Potter/pro-witchcraft mobs. Where the anti-Potter folks were interested in a gentle and thorough debate on the merits and drawbacks of the Potter books but that those discussions never bore fruit because they were stopped cold by anti-Potterites who desired no rational debate.

That sounds lovely, and it is certainly an interesting perspective. But its not what happened on Potter threads.