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RE: Harry Potter -- who else seems immune to the spell? - 7/22/2007 1:42:58 PM   
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Haven't read any of the books or even seen one movie in it's entirety....But I have so little time to devote myself to such nonsense since becoming a Gorean.

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RE: Harry Potter -- who else seems immune to the spell? - 7/22/2007 1:43:42 PM   
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Completely immune here.  Haven't read any of them or seen any of the movies.  Don't plan to, couldn't care less about any of it.

Ditto Katy.  I consider them to be more for children and, as KittenSol said, there's just too much good lit out there to spend my time reading these.  No offense, just not my taste........luci

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RE: Harry Potter -- who else seems immune to the spell? - 7/22/2007 1:46:00 PM   
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I have so little time to devote myself to such nonsense since becoming a Gorean.

......As always, good one, Domiguy.........luci

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RE: Harry Potter -- who else seems immune to the spell? - 7/28/2007 6:46:13 AM   
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Count me in. Although I agree it's been great for encouraging kids to read and even some adults. I just couldn't get into it. There is a Borders on my way home from the restaurant. I couldn't believe the lines and people in costume there waiting to get their pre-orders at 2am.


Unfortunately, most of the kids who become Potter fans don't branch out into other literature (according to one article I read), which is very sad.

I have tried to read the first book several times, and the annoyingly precious writing style puts me completely off (as well as the fact that 'muggles' has an alternative meaning to me which I find completely distracting).

The movies are tolerable. The wife rents them from Netflix, so I watch them with her ... I would never rent one on my own, however.

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RE: Harry Potter -- who else seems immune to the spell? - 7/28/2007 8:02:26 AM   
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I think you have to have grown up with it to care about it really or had children grow up with it. I remember seeing some woman about the time it all started. She was on the tube reading a children’s book and I couldn’t really understand why, I still can’t. Since then it seems to have been marketed towards adults and the story has changed to reflect that by becoming more morbid from all the hype I hear. I’ve not ever read a book or seen a film related to Harry Potter but I can understand how those people that have had it as part of their life for so long are going to miss it. We’ve all had similar things we all now miss.

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RE: Harry Potter -- who else seems immune to the spell? - 7/28/2007 9:15:32 AM   
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i have never read word one of any of the books..or seen any of the HP movies..i am an avid reader..but for some reason had no interest....but i did enjoy..Garden of the Perverse..Fairy Tales for Twisted Adults...or was it Twisted Fairy Tales for Adults...well...you get the idea....

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RE: Harry Potter -- who else seems immune to the spell? - 7/28/2007 11:51:18 AM   
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Muggles. Sheesh.




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Harry Potter is thinly-veiled homosexual propaganda

By gndn in Op-Ed
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The story is about a boy who lives in a cupboard (i.e. "in the closet"). His Aunt and Uncle are ashamed of him because his parents were quite eccentric (i.e. "flaming") and they are deeply concerned and afraid that he will turn out just like them. On his 11th birthday (i.e. roughly at the onset of puberty), the boy discovers that he is actually a "wizard", different in both style and substance from normal people, or "muggles" (i.e. "breeders"). The boy is groomed into his new existence by a large, hairy bear of a man who shows Harry a hidden underground community of "wizards" living right under the noses of the general population (i.e. the gay subculture). Harry's first trip to this subculture involves traveling through "Diagon Alley", a play on the word diagonally (i.e. not straight).

One of Harry's first rites of passage in his new life is to select a wand (i.e. penis). The wand/penis is the most important tool in a Wizard's arsenal (or arse) and so this scene is treated with great reverence and mystery. While experiencing Diagon Alley for the first time, Harry also pauses with a group of other young boys to admire a much coveted broomstick (i.e. long hard shaft of wood).

Harry's indoctrination begins in earnest when he is sent to a special school who purpose is to train him to use his wizard powers safely, while still being able to live in a world full of muggles. Young students at this school are forbidden from practicing "magic" (i.e. homosexuality) outside of the school (this is the so-called "restriction on the use of underage magic"). They are also forbidden from using magic in the presence of muggles, who might be frightened or angered by witnessing it, an obvious and heavy handed commentary on gay-straight societal tension.

The students at this school are segregated by gender, a clear attempt to encourage homosexual relationships. The most popular pastime at the school is a game called "Quidditch", which involves riding hard shafts of wood, handling several types of balls, and trying to score points by successfully penetrating the hoop. This activity is enthusiastically endorsed by school officials for obvious reasons. Harry quickly excels at this new game and quickly becomes known for his above-average broom handling.

Harry spends a great deal of time with Hagrid, the man-bear who first initiated him into the wizarding world, but also forms a close friendship with Ron, a fellow student (and first real boyfriend). The two also tolerate the presence of Hermione, a female classmate who compensates for her lack of a penis by being a better than average student. Together, this troublemaking threesome get into mischief on numerous occasions, causing consternation and concern among the teachers.

Ultimately, the story is about Harry coming to terms with the tragic and premature death of his gay parents, who both died from AIDS (personified in the story by a cliche evil villain named Lord Voldemort). Although both his parents were struck down by the horrible disease, Harry himself was spared (though it did leave him scarred for life, i.e. infected with HIV but not full blown AIDS). Harry desperately searches for a new father figure to fill the void (either figuratively or literally) left by his father's absence. Harry first clings on to Hagrid the man-bear, then later Dumbledore, a kind but haggard old pedophile, and finally clutches on to Sirius Black, an old friend of his father's and Harry's godfather. Sirius has the curious ability to transform into a wild dog (i.e. he is an aggressive top). Harry's father had the ability to transform into a horse (a sly reference to penis size, lol horsecock). Harry himself has the ability to communicate with snakes (i.e. a deep understanding and appreciation of penises).

Harry is further traumatized when one of his classmates, Cedric, is also cruelly cut down by Lord AIDSmort. Harry attempts to warn the others that "Voldemort has returned" (i.e. AIDS is on the rise), but the majority of the wizarding community chooses not to believe this out of sheer denial. Only Dumbledore, the wise old one, and a few others believe Harry at first. Harry is at first ostracized but later vindicated for attempting to warn the community about the dangers of Lord AIDSmort. Sadly, Harry's newly adopted father, Sirius, is cut down in the process by one of Lord AIDSmort's henchmen (let's say syphilis).

Harry's career ambition after all this is to become an Auror - a dark wizard catcher (i.e. an AIDS awareness campaigner). This is the only way to ease the pain he feels from the loss of his dead friends and family while keeping other young wizards safe from the "dark side" of wizarding, i.e. AIDS.

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RE: Harry Potter -- who else seems immune to the spell? - 7/28/2007 12:00:21 PM   
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I'm immune: the hype put me off it completely. Add that to the fact that there is so much beautiful literature to catch up with... I have little time to waste on average prose.




One of my kids forced me to take him to see the first movie.  I was so profoundly not impressed.

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RE: Harry Potter -- who else seems immune to the spell? - 7/28/2007 1:39:24 PM   
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Harry Potter is thinly-veiled homosexual propaganda




I can't decide what's funnier: That some bonehead actually wrote this (complete with glaring errors about the stories) or than anyone believes it.

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RE: Harry Potter -- who else seems immune to the spell? - 7/28/2007 1:41:50 PM   
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I am not into witchcraft and satanic things which I believe HP is full of. 


Wow. I've read and enjoyed the series several times, and I completely missed all the "satanic things." Maybe I'll find them next time.

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RE: Harry Potter -- who else seems immune to the spell? - 7/28/2007 1:46:50 PM   
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Harry Potter is thinly-veiled homosexual propaganda




I can't decide what's funnier: That some bonehead actually wrote this (complete with glaring errors about the stories) or than anyone believes it.


dc, it's likely the same boneheads that get their panties in a bunch over Bert and Ernie, or the Teletubbies.

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RE: Harry Potter -- who else seems immune to the spell? - 7/28/2007 1:58:01 PM   
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ORIGINAL: kittinSol
I'm immune: the hype put me off it completely. Add that to the fact that there is so much beautiful literature to catch up with... I have little time to waste on average prose.


Ditto.

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RE: Harry Potter -- who else seems immune to the spell? - 7/28/2007 5:39:04 PM   
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Harry Potter is thinly-veiled homosexual propaganda




I can't decide what's funnier: That some bonehead actually wrote this (complete with glaring errors about the stories) or than anyone believes it.



Dude, Satire.



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RE: Harry Potter -- who else seems immune to the spell? - 7/28/2007 5:51:43 PM   
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My slave likes Harry Potter.  She's been reading the new book constantly today whenever granted free time.  She's normally not so quiet, and I decided to add something interesting to it.  So I mentioned an old joke.  She giggles just about every page now.

I'm not saying that Harry Potter is some attempt at perverting kids.  I am saying that Harry Potter can be a rather amusing- and almost disturbingly sensible- read when one does as the poster of the joke did in replacing 'wand' with 'wang'.

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RE: Harry Potter -- who else seems immune to the spell? - 7/28/2007 9:05:12 PM   
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my daughter loved them all, thats all i care about... they made my child happy and truly started her into reading...


Mine too kitten. She read her first HP book in kindergarten and the last HP book she was engrosssed in all day yesterday and today.  She has enjoyed the books and movies so much, it has given me much joy seeing her so involved in reading and having such a connection to the characters. She is always a little disappointed when the movie doesn't live up to the experience of reading the book (they leave out so much she says).   i feel rather sad for her that this is the last book - she's enjoyed them so much. 

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We just saw the movie tonight - she grumbled a lot about all the stuff they left out.  She was bursting to tell me about the connection Harry had to Valtomore - but i wouldn't let her lol.

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RE: Harry Potter -- who else seems immune to the spell? - 7/28/2007 9:06:20 PM   
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We took the oldest grandson to see the first one when it came out, it was good, I survived.
Fell asleep during the second movie and have no interest in reading the books or seeing another HP movie.
I am so over HP.

All I saw on the plane trip back from the west coast last Monday was HP books... 
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RE: Harry Potter -- who else seems immune to the spell? - 7/28/2007 9:10:11 PM   
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My niece and nephew love all the HP books.  I used to go and take care of them a lot, so I tried to read them.  I am a person that loves to read, I feel it's a fading art at times.  I just couldn't get into them though, or interested in the people the stories wrapped around.
 
Glad I am not the only one.

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RE: Harry Potter -- who else seems immune to the spell? - 7/28/2007 9:12:45 PM   
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Nobody in my household (3 right now, 2 adults, one of the age that supposedly is gaga over all the hype) has ever had any interest in reading or seeing anything about Harry Potter.  It's not a dislike as much as a total lack of interest.  The books and movies that interest us just don't include that author or character.

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RE: Harry Potter -- who else seems immune to the spell? - 7/29/2007 2:51:23 AM   
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Satanic - omg that is funny.  There is nothing remotely satanic about Harry Potter in the books or the films.

I think they're all brilliant, but then I truly love British films.  They are always so well done.

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RE: Harry Potter -- who else seems immune to the spell? - 7/29/2007 6:29:27 AM   
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I'm a first ... I read the first book, and saw the first movie.
 
I didn't find either particularly bad, or particularly good. That said, I tend to shy away from stories with "perfect characters" that are always right, do no wrong ... exposing the villian, etc ... I prefer characters with flaws ... even heros with flaws.
 
Most movies also have an annoying way of "packing" one hour of story, into two hours of movie.
 
That said, I know some pretty smart and educated people, that just love the Potter stuff. I guess it takes all kinds.

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