# Harry Potter is evil, evil, evil! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 20, 2002, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998 "2002-05-20T21:17:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998/1 "2002-05-20T21:17:06Z")
I saw the movie when it first came out. Months later (last week), I decided to read the books. Well, I have decided that they are evil, but not in the same way that I have been hearing. “It promotes witchcraft.” Well, they said about “Bewitched” and I only tried to get something by wrinkling my nose when we played “pretend.” “It teaches disobedience.” No, for the most part, when the kids did bad, they were punished for it. And honestly, exactly how many “mama’s perfect little angels” are actually out there that have never had to be punished for being bad? I could be an absolute brat, and this was years before HP. No, the reason that Harry Potter books are evil is that I did almost nothing useful this weekend while reading them. Got very little done, except go to the store to get Harry Potter books. And I’m not a kid! Embarrassing! I tell someone I read a HP book, and they grin and say, “Isn’t that a kid’s book?” Well, yeah, but I liked it! So, not only did I have a useless weekend, but it was spent reading kids’ books! Even more embarrassing, I find myself anxiously awaiting July 31, when the latest book goes into paperback! Argh!!! Evil, evil, evil! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998/2 "2002-05-20T21:34:54Z")
Two Harry Potter books in one weekend? Someone needs a spanking! ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998/3 "2002-05-20T22:01:25Z")
I can_not_ believe you said that in public! ---
**Author:** ![Journeyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@Journeyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Journeyman)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998/4 "2002-05-20T22:03:27Z")
Addictive, aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998/5 "2002-05-20T22:23:49Z")
Spankings? ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998/6 "2002-05-20T22:35:16Z")
Yes, **Journeyman** , and thank you, Harry Potter is very addictive! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998/7 "2002-05-20T22:37:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*Two Harry Potter books in one weekend? > > Someone needs a spanking! \*\* And then … oral sex! ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998/8 "2002-05-20T23:11:20Z")
Harry Potter books are great! They’re fantastic. Well, I love them anyway, and a yaboo sucks to anyone who tells me “they’re for kids”!! ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998/9 "2002-05-20T23:18:41Z")
::sticks her butt up in the air and prepares:: I read two Potter books in a weekend, too. Someone had better spank me like the bad girl I am before I read again! Anyhoo, as to the OP- I agree. The hooha over Harry Potter was just silly. The books are excellent fantasy and I loved them (and I’m an adult). Speaking of excellent fantasy…hmmmm Zette ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998/10 "2002-05-20T23:21:00Z")
Thank you, **Angua** , I felt the same way. The books don’t read like they are at a “lesser level” by any means, and I enjoy them. But, they are like an addiction, so I have to say they are. . . “bewitching.” Evil, I tell you, evil! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998/11 "2002-05-20T23:45:42Z")
You know apparently they’re not kids books. Apparently JKR wrote them for herself originaly and didn’t have kids in mind. HP got me ‘into’ reading and even interested in writing (something which I am tempted to post about - completet and utter lack of inspiration). After reading the HP books I read quite a few ‘grown up’ books. (I am currenlty halfway through High Fidelity) When I picked up a HP book after reading the grown up books it stood out just how simplistic and child-book-ish the ‘language’ was! So I guess they can’t escape their ‘children’s books’ status. But It won’t stop me from climbing on perfect strangers in a crazed rush to grab book 5 and throw a wad of tenners at the shopkeeper. JKR get your finger out of your arse and bloody finish book 5! ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998/12 "2002-05-20T23:52:37Z")
It actually wouldn’t surprise me if there were a 5 and the publicists were just waiting for the most profitable timing. On a separate note, can anyone tell me about the lawsuit that she recently went through? I know that someone said she plagiarized, and it was settled out of court, but I wondered if this was a crackpot or someone she collaberated with and then later had a falling out with. Does anyone know? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998/13 "2002-05-21T02:03:23Z")
Two books in one weekend? Whatever, people. I read all _four_ books in one weekend, so neener, neener, neener. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998/14 "2002-05-21T02:15:45Z")
At my local bookstore they’re put with science fiction/fantasy and not the kids section. They’ve also been reprinted with much more mature looking covers; guess the publishers are going for all the markets :). ---
**Author:** ![Deadly\_Nightlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Deadly\_Nightlight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadly_Nightlight)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998/15 "2002-05-21T04:52:32Z")
I don’t understand people who will sit there and say that Harry potter is evil, but will let thier kids watch almost any disney movie, or tell them stories like cinderella or the little mermaid. It all appears to be pretty freaking magical to me folks. ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998/16 "2002-05-21T05:33:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zette \* > \*\*I read two Potter books in a weekend, too. Someone had better spank me like the bad girl I am before I read again! > \*\* Bad **Zette**! Oh, bad, naughty, evil, _wicked_ **Zette**! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998/17 "2002-05-21T06:04:28Z")
Angua! What a cool username! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998/18 "2002-05-21T06:10:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GuanoLad \* > \*\*Angua! What a cool username! \*\* Yes, but can she go all fur and ears? jayjay 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kitarak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kitarak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitarak)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998/19 "2002-05-21T11:42:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > \*\*Two books in one weekend? Whatever, people. I read all _four_ books in one weekend, so neener, neener, neener. 😛 \*\* Bah. I finished the series on one plane trip. Beat that! 😛 Granted that was just books 1 to 3 at the time, but still. ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998/20 "2002-05-21T13:02:41Z")
must have been one of theese “to the moon plane trips”… 😉 i managed to read through them in one weekend aswell…just couldnt tear myself away from them. bj0rn - … [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-is-evil-evil-evil/109998.md?page=2)