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Tuesday, 2. November 2004

harry potter is evil?

This past Sunday the Sunday Times reported as follows;

A BLOEMFONTEIN matric pupil refused to answer an English exam question on Harry Potter because he believes the fictional wizard boy promotes witchcraft. Full Story Here

I can't understand how people can believe Harry Potter is promoting witchcraft, yet are quite happy to accept many other children's fantasy tales. It's all just fantasy. Surely the issue is more about parents educating their children in what is real and what is fantasy and should be read without being taken literally.

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