so, this is an uninformed, bossy, high minded, holier-than-thou, who is creating fuss for potentially millions of people over a book she hasn’t read, because it encourages witchcraft as well as one of the most peaceful ways of life ever, and is sinful. if trying to live in peace with some good books and films than i’m the devil.

Hi. I would just like to say that i have been reading Harry Potter ever since I was 7 and i LOVE them. If this woman had ever read the books she would realise that there is absolutely nothing in them that promotes evil. The whole message of the book is that good concurs evil (oh and that love is a really good thing!). Personally me and my brothers are always playing “Harry Potter” where we just grab a couple of rulers and pretend to shoot spells at each other. The key words here are “playing” and “pretend”. We all know that it isn’t real. Even J.K. Rowling says that she doesn’t believe in magic (and she wrote the books!)

Basically Harry Potter is just a series of (fantastic) books that are there purely for enjoyment.

Um..there is no similarity between Harry Potter magic and religious witchcraft (or wicca, or any kind of paganism). Did she do ANY research? And the only children I know of who can’t tell fantasy from reality are about 3. And, correct me if I’m wrong, but even the first book is too old for them. And they’d probably lose interest halfway through the first chapter, being, you know, toddlers.

It reminds me of the “D&D is Satanic” crowd in the ‘80s and pretty much getting the same result.  I haven’t heard anything else about this dumb b*tch since then.  Has anyone?

I think it’s fascinating that someone can make a connection between shooting your classmates and Harry Potter.  When pressed, people like that usually end up with “So you see not believing in God makes you either evil, or the unwitting slave of Satan.”  I can’t quite make that particular leap, even trying to see things from their perspective.

Want to learn something funny?  Look up the etymology of the word “Heretic”.

Reminds me of Indiana Jones’ dad (played by Sean Connery sp?) “Perhaps idiots like you should think of reading books instead of burning them.”

This woman needs a really hard slap and to take a long hard look at herself.  To be able to make the best decision in any field you have to have as much information as possible.  Trying to ban Harry Potter is like telling people not to chew their food in case they use their chewing skills to bite someone’s head off. 

This woman should be in a looney bin.  I am an atheist but here’s my philosophy:  If you believe in god then thats fine.  However, religion is a form of control that has this woman totally blinded.

Laura Mallory is the evil one- not Harry. She is evil for trying to rob children of their love of reading mere fanatsy! For anyone that does not understand, it is FANTASY!!! FICTION!! Laura, You are ridiculous!!!!! I suppose so, since this is what she does wiht her time …

Er… perhaps if people want to ban the Harry Potter books they should look at all of the other books fitting their ‘criteria’. Let’s see… Lord of the Rings, Hamlet, Macbeth, bunch of other classics, etc. etc. Hm… but didn’t the bible have a bunch of people die in it?

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What i’m saying is that you can think and say what you will but if you haven’t learned yourself in an area that you are fighting against no one is going to listen to you. all we are going to say is that you are a fool.