Book burning

[Ripleywriter at aol.com]

<<And, of course, book burning is for Nazis, not Americans.
Haggridd>>

Well, actually... 

I was doing research for my HP project at the Scotsman site, and I saved a 
few things for my "The Dangers of Harry Potter" article. Here's the first 
one:

"Pastor to burn Potter books

A PASTOR in New Mexico is planning a holy bonfire of Harry Potter books. 

 Jack Brock, of the Christ Community Church in Alamogordo, said the books 
about the fictional teenage wizard "encourage our youth to learn more about 
witches, warlocks, and sorcerers, and those things are an abomination to God 
and to me". 

Brock, 74, said: "Harry Potter books are going to destroy the lives of many 
young people."  "

(What a lunkhead...)

And then the actual fire and the protests of said fire: 
http://www.news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?id=482002&tid=3

And then the article wrapping it all up, which is very amusing to read the 
biased opinion of the reporter, "...did the silly old Pastor really think he 
was going to do anything other than provide JK Rowling and her novels with 
more publicity? What a tube. "

http://www.news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?id=23202002&tid=3

But I'm sure all this was reported at The Leaky Cauldron or somewhere at the 
time. It was news to me, though, when I came across it.

Melly