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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:23 PM Original message |
I figured out why the right hates Harry Potter |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. good analysis. This children's book writer... |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. As does this librarian |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
110. Tom Sawyer, huck Finn fit that same description. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. Very good points |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. The only problem I have with this approach in America is... |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
64. Geo. Washington, Paul Revere et al...troublemakers for the King |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. excellent! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's sort of like the world Hillary talks about |
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Err (887 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. What I don't understand is... |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 04:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Magic is make-believe -- unless you are are Skull & Boner |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Skull and Boner? |
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Talismom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 10:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
79. I know what you mean! When my fundie sister asked if I wasn't worried |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
140. Are you being sarcastic or do you mean it? |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #140 |
142. Because people of real faith are turning a blind eye... |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. You're probably right but... |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 04:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. "Dark Dungeons" |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 04:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Here's a link: |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 04:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. They still haven't changed it or taken it down... |
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ScooterKen (160 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. No, the real reason is... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. Well done. I'd noticed some of that before, but never thought it through |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. I think there's something to this |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. One of the things about the "strict fathers" |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. Not only that, but it pisses the Malfoys off royally |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
50. I think you'll find that Snape may be a bad example to use. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 07:09 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. I agree that Snape is in some ways a problematic example |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:06 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. I cannot WAIT, for Alan Rickman to eat up the silverscreen when they |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:13 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. What I'm waiting for |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:23 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. But he hasn't mastered it yet. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:28 PM Response to Reply #63 |
72. The thing I've been musing on lately |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:50 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. I think the memory Snape will put in the pensieve, will be the one |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:00 AM Response to Reply #50 |
94. Um, you haven't read the new book, I take it? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 07:32 AM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Yes, I did read Book 6. Possible Spoilers follow: |
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lakemonster11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 04:59 PM Response to Reply #95 |
124. I think he promised Dumbledore he would make |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 04:05 AM Response to Reply #95 |
134. Interesting... |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 09:51 AM Response to Reply #134 |
135. Ghosts may not be able to rule, but they certainly can make an |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 11:35 AM Response to Reply #135 |
136. So you just finished 6 recently? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 12:02 PM Response to Reply #136 |
137. But the inside info on Book 7 is that we're going to get more data |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 11:09 AM Response to Reply #94 |
105. What did Dumbledore say? |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. The elves are slaves like Dobby and Harry freed them |
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Paulie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. Voldemort's father was a muggle.... |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. It doesn't matter that Voldemort's father is a Muggle. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
48. The wannabes are always worse, aren't they? |
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Reciprocity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. That and the fact that Voldemort is Bush in disguise. |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
13. Very insightful... |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
34. independent judgment in children |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. It appears to me that most of the RW that trash Harry Potter |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. "Human Events," a neocon rag, published the top most "dangerous" books |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 04:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. interesting list, |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. the worst part is, they DO say that about Rachel Carson; |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
42. So where's Harry? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:37 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Harry Potter's been on top |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 07:01 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. right -- its fundies that challenge it |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:05 PM Response to Reply #53 |
71. the National Review agrees with you |
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atommom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 07:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
58. I love your comments too. (Brown people! Sex!) |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. Do you know, I think there are zero references to "god" in the books? |
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ticapnews (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I don't recall a reference to "God" per se |
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lakemonster11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 05:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
126. There's also a "wizard in black" who presides over |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. the word 'god' never does but |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. I would call the most dramatic symbol |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:40 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. I agree with you |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:35 PM Response to Reply #51 |
65. The Phoenix saves Harry's life by crying into his wounds |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:56 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. I know, its crazy |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 10:01 PM Response to Reply #68 |
80. the article |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 04:01 PM Response to Reply #68 |
123. a lot of the imagery and background is Roman and early medieval ... |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 09:39 PM Response to Reply #123 |
132. yes |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
74. Holy smokes! |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:58 AM Response to Reply #36 |
93. It has all flavors of myth in it. |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 08:50 AM Response to Reply #93 |
97. Why do you say that? |
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lakemonster11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 05:13 PM Response to Reply #97 |
127. I think the poster was just trying to say that, |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 09:56 PM Response to Reply #127 |
133. Yes, that was exactly my point. |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. So basically, you're saying they don't like it |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. According to George Lakoff |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Yes, |
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Crazy Guggenheim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:57 PM Response to Reply #30 |
69. Isn't that odd. No wonder they need morality shoved down their throat. |
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lakemonster11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
128. I think about that whenever I see |
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klebean (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
60. "I really do need to get around to reading those books for myself." |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 10:15 PM Response to Reply #60 |
84. Well, I worked myself up into a really horrible depression |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:27 PM Response to Reply #84 |
113. Make sure you read the Hobbit, history of events before the Ring trilogy |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:41 PM Response to Reply #113 |
120. Yeah, I've got all that. |
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wixomblues (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
28. I always thought it was becasue teens holding "wands" made |
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Pithy Cherub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
31. The fundies are going to pay big money to see "Chronicles |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Thank you! Thank you! |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 07:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
57. You aren't kidding, |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
32. It's this simple: |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
33. Hello? Dumbledore? |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Not infailible and ultimate authority. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
52. Dumbledore isn't a strict father |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
35. Riding in my car today, I heard on the radio... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
37. Yes.. |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
38. Also, they say "Happy Christmas" instead of Merry.... |
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mcar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:19 PM Response to Reply #38 |
62. Happy Christmas is very British |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:58 PM Response to Reply #62 |
70. British=furriners. Europeans too. Not good. |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 09:13 AM Response to Reply #62 |
99. I beg to differ |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
44. interesting theory, but I'd like to see a link |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
45. Harry Potter is not just about the struggle between good and evil. |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
55. You've been reading Lakoff! Good for you! I wish EVERY DUer would |
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LiberalPersona (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:49 PM Response to Reply #55 |
66. I read that book |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:43 PM Response to Reply #66 |
76. Don't think of an elephant sketches it out, |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 08:53 PM Response to Reply #66 |
131. Not sure, haven't read that one yet. I had a few problems with his premise |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
56. Yep |
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Crazy Guggenheim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
67. K & R. |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
73. It is both the magic and the lack of mindless obediance |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
75. MOSES was a witch/sorcerer practicing witch craft -> |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
78. A step further: Parents are virtually cut out of the picture |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 10:13 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Excellent point |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 10:20 PM Response to Reply #78 |
86. What I don't understand is why they would approve |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 10:30 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. I doubt they've read Narnia any more than Harry Potter |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
81. good analysis - a page out of george lakoff's book? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 10:14 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. You know it |
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Talismom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
85. Another factor that is stressed throughout these books is that what you |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:14 AM Response to Reply #85 |
90. As an above poster said |
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Talismom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 09:30 AM Response to Reply #90 |
103. I saw that in the union-like organizing that Hermione was doing. n/t |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #90 |
121. the different educational philosophies of the house founders ... |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
88. HP books "amplify the natural thirst for justice in millions of children" |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
89. I think they just hate it because their church told them it's evil. |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
91. Wow. Lakoff meets Harry Potter! Good Job! |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
92. ahh, but on the flip side |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 11:17 AM Response to Reply #92 |
106. I'm not sure that that's the message |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #106 |
109. but he always gets away with it |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:26 PM Response to Reply #109 |
112. In Book 5 |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
96. I find it odd since they subscribe to magical thinking |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
98. You ascribe a level of thought and analysis that exceeds the fundies. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
100. It would be a good theory if the Right actually hated Harry Potter |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
101. Considering the success of Harry Potter |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 09:24 AM Response to Reply #101 |
102. Yea...you don't sell that many books if half the population hates you |
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garthranzz (983 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
104. I think it's more subtle |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 11:39 AM Response to Reply #104 |
107. "Strict father" and "nurturant parent" |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
108. I think they dislike Harry Potter simply because it's |
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VaYallaDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:24 PM Response to Reply #108 |
111. I think they dislike it because it's fun! |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:28 PM Response to Reply #108 |
114. well put marr. Didn't I read the JPII read them and enjoyed? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
115. you realize that "the right" is not all fundies, don't you? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:48 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. You're aptly named |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #117 |
129. thanks |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 06:35 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. You're correct; the right are not all fundies |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
116. And he's a long-haired hippie freak |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
118. Harry Potter is raised by the "village" |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. There's a lot of social commentary |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
122. I really don't care what the right thinks of Harry Potter. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 08:57 AM Response to Reply #122 |
138. except in Kansas |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:17 PM Response to Reply #138 |
141. Right, well, Kansas is alway excepted. |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
125. Nice theory, but waaaay too involved. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 09:02 AM Response to Reply #125 |
139. Does the Right really hate Harry Potter? |
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