[HPforGrownups] Harry Potter and the Satanic Conspiracy

[Aberforths_Goat]

No: HPFGUIDX 4927

Listen,

I don't know whether I should even talk about this just now. Some members of
one of the churches I work in took to circulating an article from a (small,
German) Christian magazine quoting an interview in which Jo blasphemes
profusely and pronounces herself a card-carrying Satanist. As I found out
later, some religious creep happened upon that piece published back in July
by www.onion.com (for the record, I didn't really find it funny) and spammed
his whole address book with a letter quoting the article as though it were
real news. The blithering idiots who received his spam happily dashed off to
publish their "news," content to have documentary proof of what they'd know
all along.

I'm so mad I could eat the carpet. As a dedicated Christian, I think we
should harbor at least a little respect for what that guy said about
treating other people the way we would like to be treated ourselves. But
perhaps I'm misjudging ... after all that was 2000 years ago. And besides,
said guy was probably just another one of those liberal-hippie-long hairs.
Or maybe the author of the article likes being slandered and figured JKR
would enjoy it as much as he does.

It's just too much. I've got the editor's phone number and hope he'll print
a retraction. I also hope I didn't offend anybody with my rant. If it were
members of some other faith doing it, I don't think I'd feel so hurt.

Anyway ... back to our regular programming ...

Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray)
http://profiles.yahoo.com/aberforths_goat