Harry Potter Dangerus or not

if you read it like a bible then yea its dangerous but none of us are dumb enough to do that now are weiggy:

 

harry potter dangerous? no! i'm no fan of the series. the books are not written too well but, dangerous... never.

these people think so though.

www. godhatesharrypotter.com

 

lolz to this thread.

If its all factual then yes its well dangerUS.

 

I believe that as a book, Harry Potter is probably one of the more dangerous things that have come out for the general sanity of humankind but it doesn't hold a candle to the aesthetic pseudo-literary disaster known as TWILIGHT.

Ok I just had to get that off my chest. =)

 

What makes you think that question enough to ask it ?

 

If you were gonna test if you could fly or not, wouldn't you start on the ground first!?!?!?

 

Why is it dangerous?
Isn't this thread just a panic reaction when the films started to be made and the world got to know more about HP?
Obviously some stupid idiot is going to do something stupid with a HP in their hand...does this make HP a danger? Not really...when you think of the other myriad of influences stupid people have used to justify their actions.

f1gh7er: Last Activity: 04-09-2006 02:58 PM

 

uh oh....

hope he didn't go try to fly...

 

No XD how can the harry potter books be dangerous??? I have been a fan since i was eight years old...it may be dangerous in the sense that i am completely obsessed but otherwise no lol.

 

There's no such thing as a dangerous book.Only dangerous people that like to determine that some books are dangerous.

 

I thought i was a wizard for a couple seconds after i finished one of the books. Thats how good it is. It makes me sad that im not magical. But no, its not a dangerous book.

 

This reminds me of the recent Penn and Teller 'Bull' episode where they explored the correlation between violent video games and teen violence. well, the only good (non-agenda driven...) studies found no link. In fact, as the video game market has grown the incidence rate of teen violence has gone down. I personally feel that fantasy fiction is a good escape and that anyone who has trouble from such books is going to have trouble regardless.

That is my 2 cents for whatever it is worth.

TheGrayRaven

 

Theyre shit. Ill say theyre dangerous if it means theyll get burned

 

No, but maybe if you dropped the boxed set from the empire state building...

 

I couldn't disagree more strongly. The books are mediocre filled with weak literary devices and god-moded characters which somehow (through weak literary devices) manage to be defeated by children. I have read children's ficition without such fallacies so I do not see that it is a failure of the genre. It has an excellent world construction which draws in the reader. I think perhaps that is why there are so many fan fic/ rpg/ forum sites dedicated to this series. But, in the end, its failure is in its weak plot and overuse of Deus Ex Machina.

 

oz! ur 1 funny brit :smilielol5:

 

Depends how hard you- Oh Oz beat me to it

No, I think the debate around this is unnecessary because people go through it LOOKING for something to prove how dangerous it is. They take ancient pagan / wiccan symbols and rituals and relate it to Harry Potter saying it's dangerous, do you think JK Rowling did that while writing the book?

Harry Potter is a great book to encourage children to read, and just a great series in general.

L_S

 

I don't know, I was into witches (as were other kids my age) and I didn't go around worshipping the devil or killing people. I guess it depends on the kid.

 

i dont really think hes that dangerous unless he has his wand and even then he didnt seem to be very good. Anyway i wouldnt worry too much about it if you meet him in a dark ally.

 

Agreed.