Banned Books Week -Excellent Essay

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Christine Acker
<hphgrwlca at y...> wrote:
> 
> Hey all.  I actually wrote a paper for my Rhetoric class (I attend
the University of Texas at Austin) about the banning of Harry Potter,
and used some of the same ALA statistics.  I got an A, so I thought
I'd share my take on the situation.  Any comments would be appreciated.
> 
> https://webspace.utexas.edu/lca55/Rhe%20309S/new%20hp.doc
> 
> Best,
> 
> Christine

bboyminn:

Very good! I especially was glad to see that you had quoted or
referenced the opinion of mainstream religious leaders like Billy
Graham. Every major religion (Jewish, Catholic, Church of England,
etc...) has endorsed these books as reasonable and morally sound
books. I think it is important for people who are concerned about this
issue to be aware of this. 

Too many people are making their judgements based on something they
heard from some one who heard something from some one who knows a guy
who has a cousin who heard something some where. There are soooooo
many people in this world who are so desperate for other people to do
their thinking for them.

I think a majority of people who are protesting Harry Potter are
people who are or are being influenced by radical people who enjoy
seeing their name in the paper and on the news just a little too much.

As I have said in past discussions, the Bible warns us of many many
things, but one of the most critical things, in my  opinion, the Bible
warns us about it paying any attention to people who speak the name of
the Lord just a little too often, and just a little too loudly, and
with just a little too much conviction. Follow these people and you
are more likely to be following the devil than God.

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn (was bboy_mn)