Evil Harry Potter Day

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'Evil' Harry Potter day cancelled

The new Harry Potter book is launched on Saturday
A primary school cancelled a Harry Potter day over complaints it could lead children into "areas of evil".
Pupils from The Holt Primary School in Skellingthorpe, Lincs, were planning to dress up as witches and wizards.

But the event - to mark the launch of the new JK Rowling book - was scrapped after parents and a local rector expressed concerns about witchcraft.

Headteacher Paul Martin said the rector claimed he was seeking "to lead our children into areas of evil".

May I reassure parents that my staff and I only wished to raise the profile of reading

Headteacher Paul Martin

Children are said to have been left upset and confused by the cancellation of the day, which was due to be held before the launch of Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince on Saturday.

In a letter to parents, headteacher Paul Martin wrote: "When I received a letter from the rector which suggested that I was 'seeking to lead our children into areas of evil', I felt that the situation was escalating disproportionately.

"May I reassure parents that my staff and I only wished to raise the profile of reading.

"We did not wish to cause any offence or upset and the fact that it has turned sour is entirely regrettable.

"I now wish to put this behind us and pull together to make the end of term a happy and positive experience."

Mr Martin said he had been advised by the county council not to make any comment on his decision to scrap the event.

An education spokesman for Lincolnshire County Council said: "The children's book has been published nationally and internationally.

"Schools make their own decisions as to the relevance of this book in their children's study programme."
 
Pathetic. Kids need every encouragement to read and to complain as a rector is incredibly stuck up.
 
Christian fundamentalism we do not need. I should like to know whether the Archbishop of Canterbury agrees with this nonsense - though it seems the Pope does and Cardinal Cormac Murphy O Connor conversely thinks they are a great read
 
Originally posted by Dave G@Jul 14 2005, 08:54 PM
You can almost see the right-wing American bible-belt wanting it banned completely!
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The request has been made a number of times in places over there and it is not allowed for sale in certain areas. See: Potter's US bans

I don't read Harry Potter books, though I have seen the films and all I can say from what I have read about the clergy on both sides of the Atlantic is that children are far safer with the works of J K Rowling than they appear to be with men of the cloth.
 
Utter hypocritical garbage from the USA - the land that 'celebrates' All Hallows' Eve by letting their children, of all ages, dress up as witches, warlocks, trolls, etc., threatening people with nasty tricks if they don't hand over candy or money ('leading children into the evils of extortion, blackmail, and bullying', surely?); desecrates a religious occasion by calling it 'Halloween' and tainting it with superstition, and reducing it to the level of a 'B' horror movie. What with pumpkins carved as hideous Jack O'Lanterns, the whole evening is simple-minded dabbling in the occult by pre-teens, and all with their parents' avid encouragement.

I hope this head teacher decides to ban any 'Halloween' festivities on the grounds that it is a corrupting influence, filled with the twin evils of anti-Christian superstition and anti-social behaviour.

That'll larn 'em!
 
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I am going for the reverse to the usual situation with kids asking you to buy them cigarettes. I am going to stand outside Kwik Save and find an under 16yo to buy the book for me for £4.99!!
 
What a load of bollocks - how bloody PC is this world becoming?? It's pathetic.

I'm happily reading the book having got it today & liking it so far!
 
No, dear, you've just forgotten to put on your reading specs and switch on your reading light again. Tsk, I don't know, the times I have to tell him...





DG: LOVE the little cartoon (re BT B/B I assume?)!
 
I've only got to page 56 so far - I pre-ordered it from Amazon forgetting I'd be in Kent until today. I was not happy at all - my little brother didn't come down to Kent with his girlfriend until Saturday & flatly refused to stop at Ma's on the way past to pick up my copy of it, despite 1) stopping en-route so his girlfriend could buy a copy of it & 2) his girlfriend trying to persuade him to stop off to pick up the book for me & bring it down! I very nearly bought a copy of it in Tenterden on Saturday with the thought of selling the ore-ordered copy when I got back! Happily, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to read it anyway as the weekend was taken up with severe liver abuse & drunken attempts to play garden jenga for hours & hours back to back!
 
I finished it last night ( would have been Sunday night, but I had to go to Stratford :rolleyes: ) dont know that i want to see this one ( a HUGE problem for me - a MASSIVE HP fan... ) I was nearly in tears at one of the things Harry had to do near the end. :(

Fantastic book though - as said above - very dark. Roll on number 7!!!!
 
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