April Fools, huh?

plinsenmayer at yahoo.com plinsenmayer at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 4 01:37:00 UTC 2000


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From: plinsenmayer
Subject: Re: April Fools, huh?
Reply To: [Yahoo! #898] Re: April Fools, huh?
Date: 4/3/00 9:37 pm  (ET)

<I find it very hard to believe that there is in anyway a "threat"
that Harry Potter books will be "banned". They may lose readership at
some point,
 but no small, albeit vociferous, minority will stop Scholastic from
 publishing a money maker or the US gov't from abandoning the Bill
 of Rights.>

Well, books *are* banned from time to time in this country, despite
the Bill of Rights. Books I know have been banned: Catcher in the Rye,
Lord of the Flies, Little House on the Prairie, Huckleberry Finn . . . I
could go on and on. I don't think it's wise to fail to react to threats
of censorship and book banning. Yes, I agree: there is no way that
there could be a blanket ban on HP in this country. But, these things
are decided at the local/community level (really school by school for
the most part).

<What I find funniest (funny/strange, not funny/haha) is that post from
this RAHPE person. Like, they are this Pro-Harry Potter gestapo that
will swing down and "straighten this thing out". What the heck was that
stuff? What could those kids actually do, and who are they to suppose they
should wield any kind of "power"?!?!???>

I agree that they were acting oddly. Over-zealous to say the least. And,
yes, what *were* they thinking they would do??

Penny






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