[HPforGrownups] Request for Anti-HP Video

[Juan Carlos De La Cruz]

No: HPFGUIDX 27163


On Date Wednesday 03 October 2001 04:44, You Wrote:
> Hi, all--
>
> Again, I think that HP4GU ought to have *something* on the Web that
> answers these protests via educating the "bashers" on both sides of
> the equation.  The Religion FAQ is a good idea, but I'd love an
> information page pertaining to this.  If you're interested, please
> let me know.


Hello to everyone!

Well, I've read the issue with much worry, since I felt it somehow touched 
myself, not only as an avid HP reader, but as a member of the Gay community. 
I have been accustomed to belonging to a minority either as a Gay man, as a 
Musician, as a "Nerd" or whatever you might like to name it, and therefore 
have seen oh-so-many-times how misinformation can lead to sometimes dangerous 
picketing groups like these ones.

I can aknowledge some radical groups would just picket against anything going 
against their so-called "Values" or simply something that would be big enough 
to make them feel unsure about the very worst greed: Power. 

     When they killed Matthew Sheppard, ( I Think that was his name), a young 
student who was murdered by two late teens which wounded him deadly and tied 
him to something (I think it was a tree) besides a road until he died... 
There was this group which claims God hates homosexual people and therefore 
they feel they can be the very God's own hand to execute "God's Will" against 
anyone who might be against them. They even dared to build a picket line to 
claim "God's word" against gay people at the very burial of poor Matthew. Now 
tell me about who evil and who is not, those people torturing everybody with 
their hatred and stuff...    It took a lot of work from everyone to TEACH 
people we are simply human beings, and there was no "evil" as they said...

... So it seems this new group (or not so new, I am not even interested on 
knowing about it) plans to do somewhat the same old thing: Picketing on 
anything that goes either too big for them tastes or just against their 
"Values", so they can spend money on making a video and stuff like that. 
Would they receive a real profit from this? Maybe from prejudiced parents and 
some religious radicals. 

I have a friend of mine which is a Wiccan wizard. He happens to be Gay as 
well, but not because Wicca says so. I have read some texts (Mostly wanting 
additional reading since I've read HP ) about Wica itself and what I've found 
is definitely no evil at all. Even more, their motto is to do anything you 
feel like doing AS LONG AS YOU DON'T HARM ANYONE OR ANYTHING. SPECIALLY 
Mother Nature AND Humankind.

I Find this silly, indeed I even laughed at some of the comments some people 
on the list made to the initial posts (As in comparing which would be 
classified as "Evil" or "contact with the dead" and stuff. Even Catholic 
Roman church (In which I was baptised and stopped believing since I was a 
very young kid already) speaks about it, and NOT in a negative way, But it is 
not the time to talk about it now. Silly indeed, I still find useful to build 
a coalition or at least some information source so people can know "the 
truth"  (Or at least OUR truth) about this, and our voices let be heard...

Humble two sickles...

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Juan Carlos De La Cruz.
DeGoPro.com General Manager.
SysOp.Tech and Op Dept.
IFX Networks Venezuela

Profesionnal Musician and Composer.
Proud Hogwarts student at Ravenclaw.

"Ah, music," Dumbledore said, wiping his eyes.  "A magic beyond all we do
here!"
          -HP and the Sorcerer's Stone