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jewel July 27th, 2007

As much as I don’t get all the hullaboo surrounding the Harry Potter books, I read something yesterday that really set my wacky sensors all atingle.

Apparently, J.K. Rowling actually has gotten death threats from over-zealous American Christians regarding the content of her books.

On criticism of the books from Christians in Britain and the United States:

“I had one letter from a vicar in England — this is the difference — saying would I please not put Christmas trees at Hogwarts as it was clearly a pagan society. Meanwhile, I’m having death threats when I’m on tour in America.”

Wow. I think some of these folks might just want to get the dosages of their medication adjusted as they cannot seem to tell fantasy from reality.

What a wacky world this is.

I am not implying that all Christians think her book should be banned, burned or that she should die. Most people – regardless of religion, politics, etc – are sensible enough to enjoy good fiction, or to read something else if this particular thing does not suit them. I am assuming that Harry Potter is good fiction solely on the basis of it’s popularity, since I have not read the books myself, of course.

I still don’t get all the hype surrounding the books, but the death threats strike me as even more insane.

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