[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

I appreciate his point as well, but I just don't agree with the target. Rowling isn't promoting it as truth or anything more than a fairy tale for kids. It's like saying Cinderella is "anti-science" because crystal shoes wouldn't make it in the real world.

And just as an aside, I really don't like Harry Potter books. I read the first one (it was sort of a "professional" responsibility for me at the time) but I didn't like it. I did see how much kids loved it though. Convincing a learning-impaired 10-year-old to read a book that's 4 inches thick and doesn't have any pictures is a hell of a trick and that woman pulled it off millions of times. Children are smarter if they read her books.

Well said.

Actually, evman's stance on Harry Potter is very similar to many religious groups that he hates. Interesting little dynamic there.