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because it's unnecessarybuffettbride wrote:Why not?12vmanRick wrote:EXACTLYdrunkpirate66 wrote:sh it like this is worthless.
especially for kid's books.
What next? Hermione aborted Ron's baby?
Malfoy on HGH when he played Quiddich (sp?).
Stupid and pointless.
that's why my simple WHY was my reply.
no, they just had the PR machine cranking up weeks and months before each book release pushing midnight book sales, etc. I actually doubt the concept of "subtlety" occurred.CaptainP wrote:She doesn't NEED to do that!jonesbeach10 wrote:I just don't see what it does for the series. It's not like you see or even hear of any of the Professors' spouses in the series.
But wait!!! Harry Potter is back in headlines! Could that possibly mean more book sales now that people are going to go back and look for references in ALL of the books that out Dumbledore??? No, this couldn't have been a subtle marketing ploy. She wouldn't do that.
She's the richest person in Great Britan. Richer than the Queen. She doesn't need subtle tricks to sell books.
I *so* agree.pojo wrote:it really shouldn't matter what dumbledore's sexuality is..... she GOT people READING.
"Great writing" is just as nonexistent as "great films" and "great music". It's all subjective to everyone. What you see as "great marketing" others see as "great writing", and vice versa.OystersandBeer wrote:She shouldn't have said anything. I agree it was pointless. It doesn't matter if he was gay or not. Some things need to be left up to the reader. She is trying to force an agenda now and it becomes preachy. Trying to stir up excitement, as if there needed to be any more around this book. I read the first few and then got extremely bored. I can see it being great for kids, but it was a little weird when adults began going crazy over it. The first one was okay, but then she used the same exact formula for every story. Maybe it's just me, but I like writers who try to outdo their last book, not rewrite it. It was great marketing, not great writing.
because a segment of adults do not accept be gay as being okay. and the last thing they want their children exposed to is the idea that gay people exist.LIPH wrote:I haven't read any of the books or seen any of the movies. If one of the characters is gay, who gives a s***?
hmmm.... didn't the nazis burn and ban books..........?AlbatrossFlyer wrote:because a segment of adults do not accept be gay as being okay. and the last thing they want their children exposed to is the idea that gay people exist.LIPH wrote:I haven't read any of the books or seen any of the movies. If one of the characters is gay, who gives a s***?
my mom volunteers at a elementary school and helps out in the library. there hardly is a day there isn't some parent in complaining about the harry potter books and demanding they be removed. and its not a case of please do not allow my child to read them, but that NO child should be allowed to read them.
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:hmmm.... didn't the nazis burn and ban books..........?AlbatrossFlyer wrote:because a segment of adults do not accept be gay as being okay. and the last thing they want their children exposed to is the idea that gay people exist.LIPH wrote:I haven't read any of the books or seen any of the movies. If one of the characters is gay, who gives a s***?
my mom volunteers at a elementary school and helps out in the library. there hardly is a day there isn't some parent in complaining about the harry potter books and demanding they be removed. and its not a case of please do not allow my child to read them, but that NO child should be allowed to read them.
so did a christian fundy church in terra haute indiana in the summer of 1980. i went to it. they also burned rock and roll records.....SchoolGirlHeart wrote:hmmm.... didn't the nazis burn and ban books..........?AlbatrossFlyer wrote:because a segment of adults do not accept be gay as being okay. and the last thing they want their children exposed to is the idea that gay people exist.LIPH wrote:I haven't read any of the books or seen any of the movies. If one of the characters is gay, who gives a s***?
my mom volunteers at a elementary school and helps out in the library. there hardly is a day there isn't some parent in complaining about the harry potter books and demanding they be removed. and its not a case of please do not allow my child to read them, but that NO child should be allowed to read them.
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:I have nothing against a parent controlling what a minor child reads, although I still think it's often short-sighted to do so.
However, no one else gets to tell me what MY child is allowed to read.
that's because you're one of those liberal easterners who are ruining american culture.SchoolGirlHeart wrote:I have nothing against a parent controlling what a minor child reads, although I still think it's often short-sighted to do so.
However, no one else gets to tell me what MY child is allowed to read.
I may live in the east, but I can guarantee you that the radical liberals would probably prefer if I moved somewhere else.AlbatrossFlyer wrote:that's because you're one of those liberal easterners who are ruining american culture.SchoolGirlHeart wrote:I have nothing against a parent controlling what a minor child reads, although I still think it's often short-sighted to do so.
However, no one else gets to tell me what MY child is allowed to read.
Exactly.SchoolGirlHeart wrote:I have nothing against a parent controlling what a minor child reads, although I still think it's often short-sighted to do so.
However, no one else gets to tell me what MY child is allowed to read.
Mine have never had anything banned, either. But then, I'd almost agree to PLAYBOY if it would get two of my three to at least read the captions....East Texas Parrothead wrote:I read BRIDGE OF BIRDS to ABQKeet when he was growing up ... it's full of a variety of characters ... and he loved it ... I'm sure it would have never passed muster with the censors.
We also made sure he had all the Hardy Boys books, too.
We didn't ban anything ... as a result, he reads. A lot.
I would have encouraged him to read Harry Potter.
Spew! I'm sure there were PLAYBOY mags in his room ... for the articles, doncha know?SchoolGirlHeart wrote:Mine have never had anything banned, either. But then, I'd almost agree to PLAYBOY if it would get two of my three to at least read the captions....East Texas Parrothead wrote:I read BRIDGE OF BIRDS to ABQKeet when he was growing up ... it's full of a variety of characters ... and he loved it ... I'm sure it would have never passed muster with the censors.
We also made sure he had all the Hardy Boys books, too.
We didn't ban anything ... as a result, he reads. A lot.
I would have encouraged him to read Harry Potter.
East Texas Parrothead wrote:Spew! I'm sure there were PLAYBOY mags in his room ... for the articles, doncha know?SchoolGirlHeart wrote:Mine have never had anything banned, either. But then, I'd almost agree to PLAYBOY if it would get two of my three to at least read the captions....East Texas Parrothead wrote:I read BRIDGE OF BIRDS to ABQKeet when he was growing up ... it's full of a variety of characters ... and he loved it ... I'm sure it would have never passed muster with the censors.
We also made sure he had all the Hardy Boys books, too.
We didn't ban anything ... as a result, he reads. A lot.
I would have encouraged him to read Harry Potter.
sure!Best line ever from an ex-boyfriend- "I really do read Playboy for the articles- I have the internet for p***." And then the blood drained from his face and I got the "Oh crap, that was my out loud voice, I think I just blew it" look.East Texas Parrothead wrote:Spew! I'm sure there were PLAYBOY mags in his room ... for the articles, doncha know?SchoolGirlHeart wrote:Mine have never had anything banned, either. But then, I'd almost agree to PLAYBOY if it would get two of my three to at least read the captions....East Texas Parrothead wrote:I read BRIDGE OF BIRDS to ABQKeet when he was growing up ... it's full of a variety of characters ... and he loved it ... I'm sure it would have never passed muster with the censors.
We also made sure he had all the Hardy Boys books, too.
We didn't ban anything ... as a result, he reads. A lot.
I would have encouraged him to read Harry Potter.