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2013-04-19 Home Front: WoT

Bombing suspects followed Harry Potter-hating Australian sheikh

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Posted by Fred 2013-04-19 14:18|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 what an idiot reading childrens books

Posted by Cretinous Humongous 2013-04-19 16:22|| 2013-04-19 16:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Hey CH, those are good books! They're far more sophisticated and nuanced than the drek pepetrated and touted by our so called artistic elite.

AND the good guys win! 8^D

Posted by AlanC 2013-04-19 16:32|| 2013-04-19 16:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds like you've never read them. I recommend them highly. It takes a pretty good writer to keep juvenile readers interested in seven books up to 800 pages long.

Posted by Fred 2013-04-19 16:33|| 2013-04-19 16:33|| Front Page Top

#4 The funny thing about religious nutballs condemning Harry Potter is the implication that "magic" is real, which is why it must be shunned.

Posted by DJ Curtis C 2013-04-19 20:48|| 2013-04-19 20:48|| Front Page Top

#5 For those who like Harry Potter but found the lack of internal logic implausible and/or frustrating, let me recommend the fanfiction Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality.

I thoroughly enjoyed the originals, most of which we have in hard cover, but found Methods of Rationality much more satisfying, once I got into it.

Posted by trailing wife 2013-04-19 21:22|| 2013-04-19 21:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Admittedly, the J.K.Rowling books are not high art, they are great fun, and ever so much better than the preachy romance novels that is most of what children and young adults see nowadays.

Posted by trailing wife 2013-04-19 21:24|| 2013-04-19 21:24|| Front Page Top

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