Tolerance

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 4187

Hi --

mmarth at peoplepc.com wrote:

> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Joywitch " <joym999 at a...> wrote:
> > > >
> > She had several uncomplimentary (and well-deserved, IMHO) things to
> > say about the religious right-wingers who try to ban HP.
>
> ***********
>
> TOLERANCE
>
> Isn't that a word that has been in most of the messages for the last
> few days? But then that word has been changed to sometimes mean
> acceptance of bad behavior, anything goes except for what "I" don't
> agree with, we can not longer state the difference between right and
> wrong, etc. It is rather funny that leftist's are always wanting
> tolerance but never practice it.
>
> Did you not know that there are many religious right-wingers who love
> Harry Potter?

Whoa!!!  Now, Martha -- you read that sentence from Joywitch too quickly
I think.  She was NOT singling out ALL religious right-wingers.  Read it
again.  She said that *those* religious right-wingers *who try to ban
HP* deserve the ire of JKR.

I'm a Liberal with a capital "L" but I do pride myself on promoting
tolerance for the viewpoints of others.  Aside -- can we elect Martin
Sheen (aka Josiah Bartlett of the "West Wing") on Nov 7th?  Hubby & I
were cheering him on in this week's episode.

I will say though that *of* the religious types who cite religion as
their objection to HP, the vast majority probably do belong to one of
the more fundamentalist sects.  I think there are plenty of people who
belong to a fundamentalist religious group who love HP & abhor the
narrow-mindedness of their fellow church-goers.  But, of the people who
want HP banned, I don't think it's too much of a generalization to say
*most* of those people probably are Fundamentalists of one type or
another.  Feel free to tell me if that's a completely off-base
generalization but I don't think it is.

Penny


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