Monday, July 11, 2005

Hating Harry Potter

It' not just for fundamentalist wackos anymore...

But at least fundamentalist wackos have a logical reason to hate Harry (they think he promotes witchcraft)...this bozo thinks...well, I'm not sure why she hates Harry...except for noting the story "is stupid if you are over 13", she has no logical reason at all...merely namecalling.

As for "Finding Nemo" to be for toddlers, sorry honey. The beauty of the cinematography alone is a good enough reason to watch that film...but the story, which is full of humor, has a timeless theme: a father seeking a lost son...

But her problem is not really with Potter, but with the inability to see how man shapes reality by writing fantasy...

"I'm sorry you were born too late for J.K. Rowling, but you had your C.S. Lewis and E.B. White and J.R.R. Tolkien. Isn't it a clue that you should be ashamed of reading these books past puberty when the adults who write them are hiding their first names?...
When we share our entertainment palette with the Wiggles set...we deny an attempt to understand human emotion."

Or is it because human emotion is best expressed in symbolic stories?

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