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#371398
Osiris
Here's the difference though: the witch craft presented in Harry Potter is completely fictional, while gang rape is real.
12/28/2007 4:55:54 AM
#371407
freako104
Um....Well the books DO get kids to read them and become fascinated by reading them. And you say you never snacked on rat poison nor the heroine. But by knowing other people who may have had it spill into their food or by knowing former or current drug addicts you can see how those are both horrendus things. Reading Harry Potter will no more be harmful than the Bible. Hell if history says anything it will be LESS harmful. There is no comparison to Harry Potter and gang rape. Gang rape will have lasting effects on the victim who will always feel some shame and pain.
12/28/2007 5:06:01 AM
#371408
approximate
There's about as much real witchcraft in Harry Potter books as there is in an automotive repair manual.
Go crank some uncut smack(e) while chomping on rat poison.
12/28/2007 5:06:36 AM
#371414
Mudflappus
Yay!! It's more ignorance on parade!!!
12/28/2007 5:13:34 AM
#371416
Jack Bauer
Another idiot who discovered that 'engorgio' and 'wingardium leviosa' did fuck all to improve their erection.
12/28/2007 5:17:58 AM
#371423
perv
The thing is, Harry Potter HAS got a lot kids interested in reading. I wasn't aware that a large number of otherwise asocial kids were coming out of their shells thanks to gang rapes.
"Hey Josh, that gang rape sure was fun! You wanna get together again Friday? Maybe we could go bowling or something."
Though if you replaced 'gang rape' with 'sex' that analogy might actually work.
12/28/2007 5:27:09 AM
#371425
Jacob
Deny your kids some of the best modern literature available to them? Selfish fuck.
12/28/2007 5:29:06 AM
#371430
I got a good lol out of that
12/28/2007 5:38:42 AM
#371433
Mike
Apples to gang rapes, ImOnStandby.
12/28/2007 5:42:50 AM
#371435
Øyvind
Taking narcotics is bad for you.
Reading Harry Potter isn't.
See the difference?
12/28/2007 5:45:18 AM
#371436
Mr. V
The key difference between Harry Potter books and gang rape is that gang rape has a victim, where HP just keeps a kid entertained. So fuck off, judgemental fuck.
12/28/2007 5:48:23 AM
#371440
crazyroper
"i've never taken a needleful of heroine or snacked on a bowl of rat poison."
Maybe you should...
12/28/2007 6:04:15 AM
#371461
King Duncan
What wonderful analogies.
12/28/2007 7:12:38 AM
#371466
Mr. V
Also, shit for brains, it's "needle full," as in, two goddamned words. And "heroine" means a female hero. "Heroin" is a drug.
Perhaps if you read more, you'd have learned by example how to use the English language.
12/28/2007 7:21:53 AM
#371468
meganz
mmm Wonderwoman injections.
12/28/2007 7:24:21 AM
#371470
484
Lol, Harry Potter == gang-rape.
12/28/2007 7:26:43 AM
#371497
BlackMageJ
Wait a second... I think I've cracked it!
The real reason that they're attacking Harry Potter isn't the magic (though they certainly do believe it's a threat in itself), it IS the fact that it's encouraging kids to read.
Children who can read are in 'danger' of being exposed to uncensored information, which might lead to them (dun dun dun) forming their own opinions contrary to what their parents tell them to believe.
Fictional spells might not be a real danger to religion, but intelligence definitely is.
12/28/2007 2:43:25 PM
#371522
Adrian
BrainOnStandby really needs to work on his comparisons...
12/28/2007 3:19:03 PM
#371526
Jonathan
"makes about as much sense as saying that gang rape "gets kids interested in social activities"
I really really like that part of the quote. It's kind of stupid in this case, but I can see some some instances where it might be funny.
12/28/2007 3:25:11 PM
#371531
Xotan
Which heroine do you have in your needle? Emma? Angelique?
12/28/2007 3:27:57 PM
#371534
Thundersqueaks
"i've never read any of the harry potter books"
Reminds me of the Muslim, who was publicly burning a copy of the Satanic Verses, being asked by a reporter if he'd actually read the book. To which he replied: "No! But it is blasphemous!"
12/28/2007 3:38:44 PM
#371544
cyborgtroy
But gang rape is bad for you, whereas reading gets your kids to be quiet. And it.. makes them learn to read better, I guess.
12/28/2007 3:50:01 PM
#371562
Martha Jones
Harry Potter? The fundies are still complaining about this? It's OLD news! Go find something else to bitch about, cause now no one cares that you don't like Harry Potter!
12/28/2007 4:41:24 PM
#371585
It's ok. You looked like a fool the very moment you didn't bear in mind that Harry Potter is fiction.
12/28/2007 5:30:44 PM
#371604
Mr Smith
I've never read any of the Bible. In the same way that I've never taken a uranium enema or snacked on a new born baby.
Religious studies are not harmless. The defence that "It helps kids understand cultural differences" makes about as much sense as saying that exercise "Gets kids fitter".
I had a terrible urge to fix that. Maybe the evil fixing daemon was working through me?
12/28/2007 6:19:26 PM
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