Hi everyone -- banning the books

[Annie]

No: HPFGUIDX 159421

Carol wrote:

> Don't know if you heard about that woman that wants to ban the
> Harry Potter books, but I think she is crazy.  She said that the
> books teach our kids witchcraft.  I think she is nuts.

Annie:

Jo has said on her website that she takes it as a "great honour" to
be in the company of Mark Twain (the most banned author in history),
J.D. Salinger, John Steinbeck and many other authors who have been
banned for works that may cause people to think outside their
accepted norms.  I lead a Harry Potter group in my town, and during a
recent presentation was interrupted by a protestor who said I should
be ashamed for promoting the teaching of sorcery to our children.  I
told the angry man that while he was entitled to his opinion, I had
to disagree, and thankfully the people in attendance also stood up
and told him he was wrong, and in no way represented them for his
alleged "Christian beliefs."

Unfortunately for people who need to be lead and told how to think
and believe, it is easy for them to accept that books or ideas can
be "wrong" without ever having read them or understood them.  I can't
believe that anyone who has read the Potter books can find fault
(morally, religious, or otherwise) in the central theme of these
books: that no matter what other powers or gifts someone may have,
there is no greater power than Love.

Annie