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.... Anyone with at least an ounce of sense would have made note of that!
Anyone with an ounce of sense knows that religion is, at best, nothing more than a "serving suggestion" for living a proper life.
Rowling's books don't deserve the sort of fear-based reactionary nonsense that we see from our extreme fundamentalists who make our nation the laughing stock of the world. These fears are whipped up by clowns like Pat Robertson, James Dobson, et al, who are nothing but the Al Sharptons of the religious right, i.e., say or do ANYTHING to get press time and air time in order to keep their hateful faces on TV so they can milk millions of dollars from gullible ninnies who send them money.
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Anyone with an ounce of sense knows that religion is, at best, nothing more than a "serving suggestion" for living a proper life.
Rowling's books don't deserve the sort of fear-based reactionary nonsense that we see from our extreme fundamentalists who make our nation the laughing stock of the world. These fears are whipped up by clowns like Pat Robertson, James Dobson, et al, who are nothing but the Al Sharptons of the religious right, i.e., say or do ANYTHING to get press time and air time in order to keep their hateful faces on TV so they can milk millions of dollars from gullible ninnies who send them money.
I totally agree and then there is this...
Easter is the oldest Christian holiday, but how much of the most public and common celebrations of Easter today remain Christian in nature? Many people go to church — far more than go the rest of the year — but what else? Easter candy isn’t Christian. The Easter bunny isn’t Christian. Easter eggs aren’t Christian. Most of what people commonly associate with Easter is pagan in origin; the rest is commercial.
Anyone with an ounce of sense knows that religion is, at best, nothing more than a "serving suggestion" for living a proper life.
Rowling's books don't deserve the sort of fear-based reactionary nonsense that we see from our extreme fundamentalists who make our nation the laughing stock of the world. These fears are whipped up by clowns like Pat Robertson, James Dobson, et al, who are nothing but the Al Sharptons of the religious right, i.e., say or do ANYTHING to get press time and air time in order to keep their hateful faces on TV so they can milk millions of dollars from gullible ninnies who send them money.
I agree with you. I don't understand the attack on Rowling's books - magic has always been part of childhood and I don't remember any attacks on them. Do people attack Disney for promoting Witchcraft? I can't think of any many Disney movies where the element of magic wasn't present.
That is pitiful. Really truly utterly pitiful. Her books have brought great joy to millions of readers. It has inspired generations to pick up a book and read. Oh well.
I could never understand people who ban harry potter for their kids for religious reasons. I always want to ask, "So you really believe in witchcraft?" Because if they don't, then I don't get the point.
And usually those people allow their kids to watch things like the Lord of the Rings. How do they know to ban Harry Potter but not LOTR? Well, there's a whole lot of hype about Harry Potter among the lemmings in the fundie world, as the OP exhibits, but there really isn't much about LOTR.There doesn't seem to be a coherent reason why.. which shows how they like to follow what others say without thinking much about why.
From the article:
'The award acknowledges contributions to US national interest, world peace or cultural endeavours.
Past literary recipients of the award include John Steinbeck and Harper Lee.'
Perhaps some theorized the books supported literacy campaigns? 'Cultural endeavors' is a broad umbrella.
It would seem that US citizenship might be a major consideration but until I spend time researching 'Medal of Freedom'--I can't say.
I'm not sure that the Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice And Men, and To Kill a Mockingbird are books that can be accurately compared to any of the Harry Potter books.
The former are fictional novels based in fact which addressed difficult social issues and are important stories of our collective national past.
The latter? well, not so much!
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Have you seen Jesus Camp? They brainwashed their children to hate the book and movies. It's truly pathetic what Southern Baptists and Mormons are doing to our innocent children. They are hurting them!
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Originally Posted by LogicIsYourFriend
I could never understand people who ban harry potter for their kids for religious reasons. I always want to ask, "So you really believe in witchcraft?" Because if they don't, then I don't get the point.
And usually those people allow their kids to watch things like the Lord of the Rings. How do they know to ban Harry Potter but not LOTR? Well, there's a whole lot of hype about Harry Potter among the lemmings in the fundie world, as the OP exhibits, but there really isn't much about LOTR. So most likely it's because they heard from someone that Harry Potter is witchcraft.
From the article:
'The award acknowledges contributions to US national interest, world peace or cultural endeavours.
Past literary recipients of the award include John Steinbeck and Harper Lee.'
Perhaps some theorized the books supported literacy campaigns? 'Cultural endeavors' is a broad umbrella.
It would seem that US citizenship might be a major consideration but until I spend time researching 'Medal of Freedom'--I can't say.
Pablo Casals won.
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