[HPFGU-OTChatter] Misunderstood Witches

[Angela Boyko]

Hmm. as far as my workplace goes, I've been told that
credit cards are evil and our service is diabolical.
:-)

> 
> Now, that is fine with me.  There are things that I
> wouldn't feel 
> comfortable teaching (can't think of a good example
> off the top of my 
> head), but what she said next was, to me, so
> ignorant and just, well, 
> stupid that I had trouble controlling my temper
> (which is ugly - trust 
> me).  She began to tell me that since the stories
> were about 
> witchcraft, they were bad and preached evil.  She
> clearly had no idea 
> what she was talking about as she hadn't even read
> so much as the 
> first chapter of SS, but she insisted she was right.
>  I tried to 
> explain to her that one of the bigger themes of the
> stories was the 
> struggle of good against evil.  "Well, who is good,
> then?" she asked.  
> "HARRY POTTER is good!" I told her.

*sigh* It would be one thing if she had actually read
the books. I prefer an informed argument than the
mindless kind. I once disliked this one girl because
my friend did, way back in my shallow college days. A
mutual friend offered the opinion that perhaps I
hadn't taken the time to really get to know her. He
was right - once I decided to be more open minded and
to see if I was wrong - she turned out to be a lovely
girl. My friend's beef with her became my friend's
beef, not mine.

I know a couple of Wiccans and I don't believe they
are evil. One can be quite unpleasant if someone slams
her favourite sports star, but she'd be that way no
matter what beliefs she practises.

Angela


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