[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Adult readers who are dismissive about Harry Potter

[Kathryn Cawte]

> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "holmesclan2002"
> <holmesclan2002 at y...> wrote:
> > I agree, but it is not only adults who are critical or "snobbish"
> about Harry.  It is religious groups as well. As a christian I find
> it disheartening that many seek to find evil in the books and try to
> ban them from schools, libraries and bookstore shelves.  Whatever
> happened to our freedom of speech and press?  Many of them probably
> have never read a Harry Potter book either- their comments and
> inaccuracy about the series is evidence to that.

I find the quickest way to deal with these types is to point out that both
the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Vatican have said the books promote
Christian values. If they still don't even pause for thought then they're
not going to listen whatever and should probably be totally ignored.

K