Death in GoF...

nera at rconnect.com nera at rconnect.com
Mon Apr 23 15:03:38 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 17449

<snips<
> Me too, me too, me too, and this is why I can't understand the 
critics 
> who say HP is evil because "four people die in the first chapter of 
> GF" (this is by their addition, not mine), or because it's about 
evil, 
> or because there isn't always a happy ending.  If people think 
these 
> themes are too advanced for eight-year-olds, that's one thing, but 
as 
> for judging the books immoral on this basis, I couldn't disagree 
more. 
> Amy Z
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I grew up reading, "Grimms'Fairy Tales (the real ones, not the 
softened versions) and "101 Tales of the Arabian Knights". I also 
went to Sunday School and church every Sunday. My moral teachings 
also came from within my home and from my teachers. I really do 
believe that it was because of this foundation in my life ... this 
balance ... that I was able to enjoy such violent readings and not 
ponder about beheading my classmates. I think this is the difference 
between "the way we were raised" and the "way kids are turning out" 
today.

The "critics" and the "moral issues fanatics" are concentrating on 
the wrong end of the situation. Instead of worrying so much about 
*what* children *read*, maybe they should concentrate on *what 
children *learn* at home and at school.

I find it hard to believe that there are critics who are trashing HP, 
when there is so much more on tv or in the movies to worry about.. 
and don't even get me started on video games! 

There is always going to be someone, somewhere who thinks that 
someone else is having more fun than they are. Those people don't 
know how to join in, so they criticize. They are doing the only thing 
they know how to do, since they have no real life of their own. 

Doreen





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