Bookburnings of Harry Potter

[vicky07035]

>From Vicky,
Friends of mine who are Potter fans. ( We have a book club at work 
and we are all reading OoP) Were talking about this topic and one of 
the girls pointed out her Minster reads the books and finds them 
wonderful and fun for all ages. He told her "It's nice to find a good 
book which tells a classic tale of good vs evil. Also how this young 
faces danger with ablity to over come it". If people are going to 
play this game of "Magic is the devils work" Then I think you should 
really read the book and not just the cover.  
 - In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "drumalfoy" 

<drusillamalfoy at g...> wrote:
> I hope this forum is the right place to post my question and I 
> apologize if this posting is inapropriate, but I have been 
> confronted with articles about Harry Potter book burnings. 
>  
> I live in Germany where I teach at a catholic grammar school, where 
> Harry Potter is read in school and the films are shown with the 
> consent of both the friars, who maintain the school and the 
> teachers and the head-mistress. They all seem to enjoy Harry Potter 
> as well.
>  
> I am now absolutely astonished to see what seems to be happening in 
> the U.S.: 
> 
> I read that pastors burn the Harry Potter books, preach against 
them 
> because they say that those books glorify witchcraft and therefore 
> leads poor innocent children right into the arms of Satan and into 
> the jaws of Hell. I also read that there are others who take a more 
> positive view of the books and other books have been published 
> guiding parents how to guide their children through Harry Potter 
and 
> maintaining their Christian beliefs and values through it.
>  
> Now my question is: is this something you are confronted with, too? 
> And to what extend? Or is this something the media pushes up and 
> these things are only curiosities which do not usually happen?
> 
> I really am interested in views other countries take on Harry 
Potter. 
> So, if you are a resident of the U.S. of A. I would really 
appreciate 
> reading your experiences. If you are from any other country, I 
would 
> be very much interested in reading how Harry Potter is dealt with 
in 
> your country.
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> Drusilla