Got tired to...

[Calla]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Ninetales" <mob9 at p...> wrote:

> And I even found article from newspaper that women should not read
> Harry Potter. They should read those cheap novels about romance and
> nothing else... (You know, 'hospital romance'?)


Well, of course that's all we women should read. Females are very
dangerous when they've got knowledge in their hands. You need look no
further than our very own Hermione. Do you think she would have done
such horrible things as stealing potions ingredients or harming her
instructors if she read more acceptable books like romances? Knowledge
turns women into warriors. Consider Minerva and Athena, they are the
goddesses of both wisdom and combat. Or Saraswati, a goddess of
knowledge, consort of Bhrahma, and who diverted mass destruction when
all others were scared. (source:
http://www.templenet.com/beliefs/saraswati.htm) Women should not read
Harry Potter because the books remind us how empowering knowing things
and being able to use that knowledge can be. In the words of Movie!Ron
Weasley, Hermione Granger, and really any woman with a willingness to
use what she knows is:  "...a little scary sometimes.... Brilliant,
but scary."

In a more serious vein, do you remember why the article said women
should not read Harry Potter? I would be very interested in learning
their reasoning. 

Calla