tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7623438328827408121.post520513947212577634..comments2024-01-03T18:00:06.854-06:00Comments on Webutante: Kyle Smith: Taking J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter to Task At the PostWebutantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02139954791621532194noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7623438328827408121.post-77223560175910374802009-07-20T20:35:36.269-05:002009-07-20T20:35:36.269-05:00Well said, Morgan. And thanks.Well said, Morgan. And thanks.Webutantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02139954791621532194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7623438328827408121.post-8310670210487883872009-07-20T20:30:36.699-05:002009-07-20T20:30:36.699-05:00I'm pushing the envelope of my sphere of knowl...I'm pushing the envelope of my sphere of knowledge here; the movies are so bleak and boring I've seen very little of them. But the point Smith is making is real, and worthy of acknowledgment as well as of <a href="http://www.peekinthewell.net/blog/the-trouble-with-harry/" rel="nofollow">linkage</a>. For this, one of my most faithful readers thinks I'm in need of a rare mid-course correction. He seems to know the Harry Potter subject matter much better than I do, so I tentatively accept his reprimand.<br /><br />However, like I said I see some merit in what the article points out and I think it deserves serious consideration.<br /><br />I would so much sooner expose a child to raunchy sex scenes, or to stomach-churning violence, before exposing a child to a message that life isn't worth living, choices aren't worth making, or that natural consequences aren't worth bearing. Whether Harry Potter is part of the phenomenon or not, this is the most toxic pollution confronting the times in which we live: Apathy.<br /><br />Concerned parents should be taking note. This one certainly does. The article has value.mkfreeberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13265933747192068934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7623438328827408121.post-54282801313059739922009-07-20T16:55:41.573-05:002009-07-20T16:55:41.573-05:00Dismissing Kyle Smith's nonsense, As every yea...Dismissing Kyle Smith's nonsense, As every year and every Harry Potter movie, I will load up all my grandchildren and we will have a tremendously entertaining time at a tremendously entertaining movie.Alfred T. Neumannoreply@blogger.com