And finally to Philip and his Dark Materials

[grey_wolf_c]

Tabouli wrote:
> A second musing I had while nearing the end of the second book was where are the book burning protesters?  Surely the ilk who want to decry HP as corrupting the minds of the young and steering them towards Satan would have *major* problems with the philosophy he invented, which *spells out* a subversive position on Christianity.  I suppose there may be some objectors out there, but on nothing like the same scale.  Is it just that HP is much more digestible and accessible (not to mention insanely), and therefore far more "dangerous"?  Is it HP waves witches and wizards in people's faces in Chapter 1 of PS/SS, where they're really obvious, whereas you actually have to look closely at Pullman and read to the end of Book 2 to find the sinister subversions?  Is it that Pullman requires too sophisticated a reading level to endanger the minds of those vulnerable to His Dark Messages (or those who seize upon those things)?
> 
> Hmmm...
> 
> Tabouli.

The answer to your question, Tabouli, is: HP has more detractors 
because it has sold more copies and it's more famous. After all, don't 
go looking for advanced or profound thoughts in people that burn books 
instead of reading them. Those people are afraid of independent 
thought, and thus will try to burn anything that they won't read, so 
everyone thinks in the same way as they do. They don't realise, of 
course, that that sort of publicity makes JKR all that more rich and 
famous, and sells more copies of her books.

Also, I missed your "I'm back" post, so this is a but late, but anyway: 
welcome back, Tabouli. TAGWATCH wasn't the same without you (and lot's 
of minor competitors have poped up here and ther in your abscense). 
Hope you had a great time in your world tour.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf