Giving the South a bad name...again.
I feel bad for most of Georgia, and the South (including South Carolina, where my family is), when crap like this happens. Its nitwits like this that keep the rest of the country thinking that the South is a backwards, irrational bunch of Bosephuses (Bosephii?) with 4th grade educations. Its not that I don't get frustrated and annoyed with the reality of the New South, but things like this make folks think its still 1874 (or in this case 1674) down there. I can only assume that some part of the Religious Right is also shaking their collective head in despair at the prospect of being inevitably lumped in with these jokers at some point.
Harry Potter indoctrinating our children into Wicca? Seriously? Kids in a Christian (or other) home are going to be led astray by Hermione Granger and the Weasleys? Not to mention the complete lack of religion and religious symbolism related to magic in the books. Magic is treated like native intelligence: something to be developed, enhanced, and perfected through education and practice. The school is more like a big "gifted and talented" program than anything. Magic is seen as something that can be used for good or evil (as can intelligence), and the books teach that using it for good is, well, good. And if my analogy holds, and magic is Rowling's proxy for intelligence, then Mr. and Mrs. Mallory truly are Muggles.
Even that might be an overanalysis. They're just good kids books (and I would argue, just good books). Diatribe over.
posted by Pete @ 10/04/2006 10:38:00 AM
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WTF, seriously. God forbid that there's a book out there that actually gets kids excited about reading. People are such dumbasses sometimes.
Hocus Pocus!...er...Amen!
Oooh... but the best part is that the county library board had previously voted to drop funding for the purchase of Spanish-language books because "some residents objected to using taxpayer dollars to entertain readers who might be illegal immigrants." Maybe they should also ban the sale of tortillas, refried beans, and salsa because they might be used to *feed* illegal immigrants. And, Dumbledore knows... I mean... God knows, there are already far too many of *them* stealing our jobs, using our library cards, eating our tortillas... we certainly don't want to entertain AND feed them. !Gringos locos!
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