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Harry Potter Roundup
From the Wild Hunt blog, a collection of spoiler-free article links in which Harry Potter is (often hilariously incorrectly) connected to pagans or the occult. Yeah, that one from yesterday is mentioned, too.
My favorite bit is from the (Irish) Independent, admittedly an opinion piece:
Somehow, I don't think we'll see anything like that in the papers here :)
Finally, a bit from J.K. Rowling herself, on criticism of the books from Christians in Britain and the United States:
My favorite bit is from the (Irish) Independent, admittedly an opinion piece:
Old Sour Kraut himself, Pope Benny, is the most obvious example of a crank who thinks that the books "introduce children to the dangers of neo-paganism", while the American Evangelical movement has ruled that "The problem is, witchcraft is not fantasy; it is a sinful reality in our world. But, sadly, it seems that some religious types are now trying to co-opt Harry into their own beliefs and the Church Of England is even releasing a book Mixing It Up With Harry Potter which aims to use Potter to spread the Christian message.
God dammit - do the Churches have to ruin everything?
Somehow, I don't think we'll see anything like that in the papers here :)
Finally, a bit from J.K. Rowling herself, on criticism of the books from Christians in Britain and the United States:
"I had one letter from a vicar in England -- this is the difference -- saying would I please not put Christmas trees at Hogwarts as it was clearly a pagan society. Meanwhile, I'm having death threats when I'm on tour in America."