Gee...how...charming....

[kyrielle]

Pardon the pun. Thanks (I think) to pounce for pointing to this article:

http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/books/01/24/us.potter.boycott.ap/index.html

It starts:

PENRYN, Pennsylvania (AP) -- The police department has refused to direct traffic at a YMCA triathlon because it says the club promotes witchcraft by reading Harry Potter books to children.

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[asciident]

That is stupid.

I stand by my statement that if you let your children watch Walt Disney movies, you should let them hear/read the Harry Potter stories.

[kyrielle]

Agreed. On both counts.

Isn't this the wrong place for them to "stand on their morals" anyway? I mean...think about it.... "We don't like you reading kids those books, so WE are perfectly willing to not direct traffic, thus increasing the risk of an accident that might involve the kids, over the issue of books."

Yeah, they've been read Harry Potter (or some of their friends have), so they don't deserve people caring about them. That's the dumbest part. They're "punishing" the kids (or not, really, since the YMCA will find someone else to do it, from the sounds of it, but still!).

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[asciident]

I totally agree with you. Silly people. :P