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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:50 AM Original message |
Poll question: What is your view of Harry Potter. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. My dear ccharles000! |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Hi, Peggy! |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. Put me down for an "awesome". |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. The Baseball Furies dropped the ball, made an error |
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peruban (888 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:25 AM Response to Original message |
4. Not into children's literature. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Oooh that's a great book. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Lolita was first written in English |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Don't I feel stupid now! |
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peruban (888 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Yes, Nabokov was fluent in Russian, German, English, and French. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. But his native tongue was Russian, no? |
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peruban (888 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Yes, he was born in Russia. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:50 AM Response to Original message |
5. My thoughts on this |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Wow - I don't see that at all. I say it's the exact opposite - |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. You're right--it's also heavily paternalistic. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. if people who have much are supposed to use their gifts for the good of all |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Because muggles are fearful and intolerant of magic |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I think not |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. I should think someone with a Masters in English would know suspension of disbelief, |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 12:38 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. The subtle message conditions the masses if repeated. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. So now you're judging Rowling because some characters in her novels |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #36 |
48. wow, never thought about comparing HP to Ayn Rand |
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keroro gunsou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
58. my take |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 12:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
38. No bitterness here. |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. You've read the books? |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Have you been hanging out with Dementors or someone? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I *DO* see the concept of an elite as the backdrop of the story |
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raptor_rider (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. I am re-reading the entire series |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. meh |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. I enjoyed both the books and the movies. |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
9. Totally awesome |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
11. I love it - I love also the fundie Christians who think witches actually exist, |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Witches Do Exist |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Gasp! |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. No, it's not that you don't exist, it's that witches don't exist. |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Erm, yes, that is sort of true |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Yes, it's the witches of fairy tales and literature I'm talking about. |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Magic is real. |
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blueraven95 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
12. I like the movies. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
13. Terrific series - but Book 7 was sort of a letdown |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
14. it beats Lord of the Rings. nt. |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Only when thrown ... |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
19. it got a lot of young people to read |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
20. Harry Of Potter |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. False dilemma. I don't have to hate it not to be impressed. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
27. Read a few of the books, saw a couple of the films; I'm done. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
30. Its OK |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
32. Never read any of the books. |
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RevolutionaryActs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
39. It is awesome AND Ron is a super hunk. |
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tismyself (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
40. good yarn |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
41. I would like to have one in-real-life conversation about it that didn't begin... |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. you could argue that a lot of books for kids aren't entirely children's stories |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Well, sure. But most of them aren't 10,000 pages, either |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. I wouldn't have been had my husband not started listening to em on tape |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. I have nothing but good things to say about Rowling |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
43. Its very good, read all the books just once so far |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
53. At first I was against Harry Potter books because it was like a cult. But |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
54. Other: I really enjoyed reading them, but |
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mokawanis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
56. Have not read any of the books or seen any of the movies |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
57. It is 436576765767 times better than TWILIGHT. |
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