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Old 08-17-2004, 04:02 PM   #1
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I would still hate Harry Potter as its EVIL! Its portrays Evil as good! Since when have sorcerers been good? Does not the Bible say that "a sorcerer must die!"?
is anything truly evil? besides Sauron I mean? i suppose evil depends on one's definition of the concept.
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Old 08-17-2004, 07:36 PM   #2
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I would still hate Harry Potter as its EVIL! Its portrays Evil as good! Since when have sorcerers been good? Does not the Bible say that "a sorcerer must die!"?
Well, I would disagree with that...I consider sorcery just another form of power, and power itself is neither evil or good, the user of the power determines that. And couldn't Gandalf be considered a 'sorcerer'? Lets see...Gandalf is a 'wizard'...Thesaurus, thesaurus...Ah, here we go! Wizard: magician, sorcerer, conjurer, enchanter...

Of course, you are welcome to your own opinion.
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Old 08-18-2004, 05:33 PM   #3
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White-Hand Morsul has given me a small mental breakdown.

There would be no point in living... Oh wait, Pirates of the Carribbean would still be around, so I guess I could survive.

I probably would have no reason to laugh every time I said the name Viggo... because I would have no reason to have ever heard the name Viggo... Or Sean Bean... Or Elijah Wood... or Agent ELrond... Oh... my... god... A world without Lord of the Rings? Oh no, not again! I'm starting to hyperventilate... Calm down, it's just a thread, Maeg.. .Oh no, without Tolkein I wouldn't be Maeggaladiel! NO HOT ELVES! (Oh my Eru, did I just SAY that?!?) NO BOROMIR! NO CRAZY CAPTIONS! NO TURNING DOWN THE SOUND AND MAKING UP NEW WORDS! OH, THE HUMANITY!!! MAKE IT STOP!!

*Cough Cough* *Wheeze* Calm down, be cool, breeeeaaaathe. Okay...

Morsul the Dark, you're paying for my next counseling session. I was almost mentally sane again until you brought this up.

*Crawls into a corner in fetal postion and cries*

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Okay, I can still call myself Maeg, so that means Tolkien must still exist. Heh heh, yeah. Both feet in reality, now, Maeg.
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Old 08-18-2004, 07:03 PM   #4
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Oh yes, people would still think of elves as really short people that make shoes and help Santa make toys.
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what do you people have against Harry Potter?! You never let it go!
I'm with you on this one, Meela. Can't we all just get along?

A world without LotR would be a very terrifying place indeed. Most fantasy books might never have been written without it. Imagine: no Wizard of Earthsea. No Shanarra. No Sword of Truth. No Harry Potter. I may very well have shrivelled up and died. Or I would be some creepy little goth, sitting in the corner reading Stephen King books.

Who knows what the impact on the rest of literature would be. A great deal of sci-fi may not have been written. And it keeps on spreading...

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Old 08-24-2004, 02:40 PM   #5
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Our points of views regarding Miss Rowling's Potter are not even beside the question posed my Morsul. While I agree very much with Goomba's views let us ALL refrain from imposing further opinionated statements pertaining Harry Potter. Many respects.

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Old 08-24-2004, 04:08 PM   #6
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Thanks for saying what I was just about to post, InklingElf. The HP series are books. They're not evil. Maybe nasty little LotR attention-stealers, but not evil. (Actually I like HP, so whatever.) But if there was no LotR, there also would be a lack of a lot of good music, such as the composings of Howard Shore, Blind Guardian's Nightfall in Middle Earth, and surely the musical stylings of a certain band would be drastically different, if existent at all, and this band is... Nightwish.

Now, where's Evisse?
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Old 08-24-2004, 07:53 PM   #7
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However, if anyone wants to debate whether or not HP is evil, I'm always game for a good PM discussion!

Now, back to the topic!
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