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JohnnyMack
10/4/2006, 11:19 AM
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=1&url_article_id=20021&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2


Problem with Potter reaches state
10/04/2006

By Dave Williams
Staff Writer
[email protected]

ATLANTA — The Harry Potter books about children who attend a school of wizardry encourage young people to practice witchcraft, a Gwinnett County mother of four told a state hearing officer Tuesday.
But a lawyer representing the Gwinnett Board of Education said the series of best-sellers should not be removed from the school system’s libraries because the books foster a love of reading among students.
Laura Mallory of Loganville, whose children attend J.C. Magill Elementary School, is seeking to have the books by J.K. Rowling banned from school shelves.
She first brought her case before the Gwinnett board, which ruled unanimously in May that the books could stay.
Mallory then appealed to the state Board of Education. The officer who presided over Tuesday’s hearing will make a recommendation to the board, which is expected to issue its decision in December.
Presenting her arguments first on Tuesday, Mallory cited studies showing that some children who have read Harry Potter books or seen movie adaptations have become interested in witchcraft to the point of attempting to cast spells. She said an organization called The Pagan Federation has attributed an increase in interest in the group among young people to publication of the books.
“Witchcraft is being mainstreamed to our children today,’’ she said. “My children are the most precious thing in the world to me. I surely do not want them to be indoctrinated into a religion whose practices are evil.’’
Mallory also referred to research by the American Academy of Pediatrics that found young children cannot readily distinguish fantasy from reality and try to imitate what they’ve read.
But Victoria Sweeny, the Gwinnett school board’s lawyer, said the Potter books are clearly “fantasy fiction’’ and are kept in the fiction section of school libraries.
She said the books, some of which run longer than 700 pages, provide reading material rich in vocabulary with such wholesome themes as the triumph of good over evil and the power of a mother’s love.
Sweeny suggested that to ban Harry Potter from school media centers could lead to the removal of such classics as some of William Shakespeare’s plays, “The Wizard of Oz,’’ “Alice in Wonderland’’ and the popular “Lord of the Rings’’ and “Chronicles of Narnia’’ series.
“When you start removing books and access to ideas, you’d pretty soon have no use for a media center,’’ she said.
Since Tuesday’s hearing was akin to a court procedure rather than a public hearing, attendance at the Georgia Board of Education meeting room in a state office building was sparse.
Hearing officer L.O. Buckland timed each side’s arguments and interrupted Mallory and Sweeny only briefly to ask questions.

crawfish
10/4/2006, 11:22 AM
@%#%$ muggles.

LilSooner
10/4/2006, 11:25 AM
I hate people most of the time.

Sooner_Bob
10/4/2006, 11:29 AM
As stupid as it seems that probably is a fear of some parents. Many people feel any mention of witchcraft or sorcery of any kind is "evil". I won't fault someone for thinking that way, but banning Harry Potter isn't the answer. Talk to your freakin' kids and discuss what's real and stuff . . . they're going to be exposed to things you don't agree with at some point. If you don't start talkin' about it now you never will.

My girls have been watching all of the Halloweentown shows on Disney this week and I had a talk with them about it and how it was only just a show, and that we didn't need to go around pretending to be a witch (not that they were).

BlondeSoonerGirl
10/4/2006, 11:31 AM
:les: SLUT!!!
http://www.bubbasmonkey.com/funky/broom/harry_potter_broom.jpg

LilSooner
10/4/2006, 11:35 AM
DUDE IT VIBRATES!


That was like the funniest thing ever.

Sooner_Bob
10/4/2006, 11:37 AM
:les: SLUT!!!
http://www.bubbasmonkey.com/funky/broom/harry_potter_broom.jpg

Talk about startin' early.

yermom
10/4/2006, 11:41 AM
see, this is much worse than the other Dumba$$

even if it was about "real" witchcraft, getting a kid to read a 700 page book is pretty impressive

who the **** believes in witches anyway?

BlondeSoonerGirl
10/4/2006, 11:42 AM
see, this is much worse than the other Dumba$$

even if it was about "real" witchcraft, getting a kid to read a 700 page book is pretty impressive

who the **** believes in witches anyway?

I'm gonna need a lock of your hair and your newt's eye.

TIA.

BeetDigger
10/4/2006, 11:44 AM
I'd be more worried about Dungeons and Dragons. Not because it may have a stronger influence on turning kids onto sorcery, but because most of the kids who played it were weird as hell.

KaiserSooner
10/4/2006, 11:45 AM
Oy vey. Dumba$$ indeed.

Bob is right, though. The right thing to do is for parents to discuss with their children what they are reading. Parents are the biggest influence on their kids. Rather than attempting to ban a book, they should take every oppurtunity to use that influence.

NormanPride
10/4/2006, 11:45 AM
I bet that bitch is from the Ministry, trying to make us forget that they've got dragons and **** flying all over the country. **** that. I'm gonna get my damn wand and go give her the worst ****ing bogeybat curse she's ever ****ing seen.

:mad::mad::mad:

yermom
10/4/2006, 11:45 AM
I'd be more worried about Dungeons and Dragons. Not because it may have a stronger influence on turning kids onto socery, but because most of the kids who played it were weird as hell.

i think there is some of the chicken and the egg debate there

BeetDigger
10/4/2006, 11:46 AM
see, this is much worse than the other Dumba$$

even if it was about "real" witchcraft, getting a kid to read a 700 page book is pretty impressive

who the **** believes in witches anyway?


My eight year old is on book 4 at the moment. When we can't find her, it is assured that she is in some corner reading a Harry Potter book.

Sooner_Bob
10/4/2006, 11:46 AM
Don't forget about Grand Theft Auto: Vice City . . . everything else is that game's fault.

Sooner_Bob
10/4/2006, 11:48 AM
My eight year old is on book 4 at the moment. When we can't find her, it is assured that she is in some corner reading a Harry Potter book.


Mine is reading the kids versions of The Odyssey . . . she thinks the book's drawing of Zeus is goofy looking.

GottaHavePride
10/4/2006, 12:00 PM
I bet that bitch is from the Ministry, trying to make us forget that they've got dragons and **** flying all over the country. **** that. I'm gonna get my damn wand and go give her the worst ****ing bogeybat curse she's ever ****ing seen.

:mad::mad::mad:

I must spread some reputation around before giving it to a huge nerd again. ;)

NormanPride
10/4/2006, 12:04 PM
I must spread some reputation around before giving it to a huge nerd again. ;)

:D

Widescreen
10/4/2006, 12:06 PM
Problem with Potter reaches state

I thought this guy was up to no good again.

http://images.usatoday.com/money/_photos/2004/09/15/ceo-villains-potter-wonderf.jpg

BeetDigger
10/4/2006, 12:31 PM
Mine is reading the kids versions of The Odyssey . . . she thinks the book's drawing of Zeus is goofy looking.



The Odyssey is Homer, Goofy is Disney. Sheesh, doesn't you kid know that? :D

JohnnyMack
10/4/2006, 12:40 PM
I'd be more worried about Dungeons and Dragons. Not because it may have a stronger influence on turning kids onto sorcery, but because most of the kids who played it were weird as hell.

:mad:

:mad:

:mad:

:bsmf:

mdklatt
10/4/2006, 12:48 PM
Don't forget about Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

**** yeah. \m/

crawfish
10/4/2006, 01:46 PM
I'd be more worried about Dungeons and Dragons. Not because it may have a stronger influence on turning kids onto sorcery, but because most of the kids who played it were weird as hell.

:mad:

rebmus
10/4/2006, 01:51 PM
see... i agree. kids shouldn't be reading fake crap about witches and wizards. seriously, what kid is gonna grow up to be a witch/wizard anyway?

my kids read penthouse forum. at least they COULD grow up to be a pornstar or writer.

it's called smart parenting people... look into it.

PhilTLL
10/4/2006, 05:29 PM
You know why "witchcraft and wizardry" don't scare me? Because, to quote, "They're both figments of your ****ing imagination!" At any rate, the Bible has far more frightening incidents of fictional supernatural mayhem.
:pop:

Sooner_Bob
10/4/2006, 05:32 PM
You know why "witchcraft and wizardry" don't scare me? Because, to quote, "They're both figments of your ****ing imagination!" At any rate, the Bible has far more frightening incidents of fictional supernatural mayhem.
:pop:

You better watch it or I'll part you like the Red Sea.

proud gonzo
10/4/2006, 05:33 PM
people who feel threatened by harry potter must have some insecurity in their faith or something.

BeetDigger
10/4/2006, 05:33 PM
I see the D & D crowd has come out of the closet. :D

mdklatt
10/4/2006, 05:38 PM
I put on my robe and wizard hat...

GottaHavePride
10/4/2006, 09:35 PM
I thought this guy was up to no good again.

http://images.usatoday.com/money/_photos/2004/09/15/ceo-villains-potter-wonderf.jpg

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/b/bf/150px-Potter.jpg