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All this time we thought the Harry
Potter books were about coming of age, triumphing over adversity and
eating jelly beans that taste like earwax and vomit. It turns out we
have not been paying close attention. There are people out there, lots
of people, who think Harry, Hermione and Ron are recruiters for Satan’s
army.
Last week, a suburban […]
All this time we thought the Harry
Potter books were about coming of age, triumphing over adversity and
eating jelly beans that taste like earwax and vomit. It turns out we
have not been paying close attention. There are people out there, lots
of people, who think Harry, Hermione and Ron are recruiters for Satan’s
army.
Last week, a suburban Atlanta mother of four made news by asking the
board of education to banish Harry and the Hogwarts gang from school
libraries. She says the books are an “evil” attempt to indoctrinate
kids into the Wicca
religion, and foster the kind of culture that leads
to atrocities like the Columbine school shootings.
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