The anti-HP rant on the other list

[catlady_de_los_angeles]

JKR calls the females 'witches' and named the school Hogwarts School 
of Witchcraft and Wizardry. (Does she use the word 'witchcraft' 
anywhere else?) If she had called the females 'wizardesses', named 
the school Hogwarts School of Wizardry, and replaced any other use 
of the word 'witchcraft' by 'wizardry' or 'sorcery', would there be 
nearly as many people who think HP is evil?

I am aware that there are people who believe that ANY magic, even 
in fantasy, is Satanic, but I would expect those people to dislike 
Tolkien as much as Rowling.

As for the rest, I wonder how many of the people who condemn HP 
because Harry is a bad person because he sometimes breaks rules, 
lies, is rude to Dudley and Draco, enjoys seeing Snape and Dursleys 
being disappointed or embarrassed, bla bla bla, wouldn't object 
to much of Harry's behavior if they hadn't been searching for 
evil because the word 'witchcraft' set them off?

(Myself, I am very fond of the word 'witchcraft' because of its 
POSITIVE connections with Wicca, and would prefer that JKR hadn't 
used it, because her tales have nothing to do Wicca.)