ADMIN (was Re: God, I Love Rumors...)

[heidit at netbox.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 24115

: grabs the hairnet that Neil left behind when he went a-traveling...

I am shutting down this thread now. The post that was replied to 
dates from Sunday, June 3 - in other words, over 2 months ago. Any 
reply to it would be outdated by this point. 

If one of the mods wants to overrule this elfin decision, that's 
fine. But for now, any replies should be kept offlist. 
--- In HPforGrownups at y..., fourfuries at a... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., banjoken at o... wrote:
> > I'm really sorry to do this, but I cannot in good concience let 
it 
> > go. I'll save the homophobia bit for now, and get on with the 
main 
> > point. First it was an obvious joke, and I'm sure it was intended 
> as 
> > such. Second, and I think most important, HP is just a story. 
It's 
> a 
> > marvelous one, and it's certianly worthy of the serious 
discussion 
> it 
> > gets here, but in the end, it's only fiction.  
> > 
> > I really wanted to stay out of the homophobia, but there's just 
one 
> > comment I have to make.
> > 
> > >Still, I'll be damned if I'd ever
> > > put something in front of my kid that validates that kind of 
> > >lifestyle and tries to portray it as normal.
> > 
> > How is this attitude any different from the attitude the 
Dursely's 
> > have about magic? What makes one "abnormality" (magic) acceptable 
> and another disgusting?  
> > 
> > Ken
> 
> 
> Folks, the third best selling author of all time has a 
responsibility 
> to the tens of millions of children who are her readership, as well 
> as to the parents that buy the books.  Magic, as far as anyone can 
> tell, is not real.  Homosexuality is, and has been around forever.  
> It has also been spurned, attacked and whatever else for forever.  
If 
> JKR validates it by engaging two of the favorite male characters in 
a 
> tryst, she is doing more than putting it on the level of magical 
> fantasy.  She is telling impressionable kids its okay, a judgement 
> that should be reserved to their parents, atleast until they are 
old 
> enough to manke a judgement for themselves.