Harry Potter..?

Question

Did everyone hear there is a mother trying to ban Harry Potter? Because there is too much 'witch craft in it? Personally my kids like it. But, with anything, I limit everything they watch and for how long. What are your thoughts??

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR2006100400377.html

I can see if it is the parent's preference...and the teacher's should respect it if the parents talk to the teachers. There should be some amount of respect. But, other kid's parents that don't mind...let them decide.

Answer 1

i think since we have freedom she wont succeed...i just dont buy stuff i dont want...happy feet is better

Answer 2

When will people ever learn that banning books is a bad way to deal with opposing ideas and thoughts? I don't think that woman should decide what books should be read for everyone. If she doesn't want her own kids to read it, that's her choice. However, she has no right to control what the library offers to other people's kids. That same library also tried to cut funding for Spanish language books, so there are obviously some very intolerant people running the school.

Answer 3

We are HP nuts in this house. We have the date circled for the movie and the date circled for the book on the calendar. I think it is great literature and reminds me of the Wrinkle in Time books I read as a kid.

I think the GA woman is nuts. So far, every governing/judicial body she has encountered has basically told her to get a life.

I am a History/Government Major in college, and I even doubt the Supreme Court will hear the case. Even if they do hear the case, Nutty Lady will not win.

It is kind of sad. This has gone on too long for people to even look at this woman the same. It is like a joke that was supposed to be funny, but it isn't.

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Answer 4

Harry Potter is a fantasy-type witch in a modern setting. It has nothing to do with the nature-based religions whose practitioners called themselves 'witches'.

That women clearly doesn't know the difference, or doesn't think there is one, in which case she had better be fair and ban all fantasy books containing the concept of magic in them also. Say bye-bye to a whole genre of reading that kids might like.

Answer 5

I think that harry potter has too much witch craft in it, but it's not something bad, after all harry potter is a wizard isn't he?. Limiting the kids to read books will only make them to get away from books and lecture is something that everyone should learn to enjoy and what better way to star enjoying it being a kid who reads about fantasies!!

Answer 6

Well my brother told me in no uncertain terms am I ever to buy the books or movies for my nieces because of the 'evil influences' in the book. I laughed as I own them all and he knows that (movies too). In fact his wife threw a major hissy when my one year old niece took one of the movies out of the dvd shelf and was looking at the cover - somehow I was corrupting her.

I think it is silly to take all the imagination out of childhood - because that is all Harry Potter, Disney and related books are. Children enjoy them when they are young and then appreciate them for classics when they get older. I see nothing wrong with the books or movies myself and if I had children they would certainly be exposed to those along with other classics like "Where the Wild Things Are" and "The Little Prince."

Answer 7

The worst part about these silly accusations is that the woman obviously has no real knowledge of Wicca. That and she seems to think that the whole world follows or should follow her silly beliefs.

Okay, it's you, you crazy woman, believing in actual middle age witch craft, that is the problem in this society. Go live on a commune and drink some Kool-Aid with your "friends".

Answer 8

There is no witchcraft in Harry Potter. Witchcraft would be a normal person using magic to manipulate the world around them. In the Harry Potter books, wizards are born that way. And the mystical things that they do are absolutely impossible in the real world. It is a fantasy story. I wonder if this woman ever read her children fairy tales.

Answer 9

This has been going on for ages.....long before Harry hit the shelves. I think it's stupid, but that's the influence of my father coming out again. He's very adamentely christian, but he is also addicted to the written word. He allowed us to make our own choices (within reason) about what we read and watched. Why can't more parents be like this? I still don't understand this.

EDIT: KC, My dad had the same opinion of banned books. He was always encouraging us to think for ourselves and to be as informed as possible. That's one of the reasons I have so much respect for him.

Answer 10

I can tell you that woman is by far not the first one to have a fit over it. I have run across many children in the schools that are forbidden by their parents to read the books or watch the movies. There was one parent who suggested the books be removed from the library....but her idea got shot down fairly quickly.

I guess some people don't understand what the word *fiction* means.

Answer 11

oh this is an old story abt some georgia mum trying 2 get potter of library shelves..
it's a losing battle.she might as well give up. d high court ruled in favour of having potter books on shelves...
yeah...
who cares wht 1 single parent thinks?most parents think potter books r good.