Thursday, January 31, 2008

HARRY POTTER CONDEMNED!

Harry Potter the famous teenage wizard, penned by JK Rowling has drawn flak from Vatican newspapers. The character which became an unforeseen hit has now been criticised by none other than the Pope himself.


The official newspaper of the Vatican has condemned JK Rowling for promoting witchcraft and wizardry which could adversely affect children. The boy wonder has been dubbed as the ‘wrong kind of hero’.

The papers further criticize Rowling for portraying witchcraft as a positive ideal. It also criticizes the manner in which non magic folk referred to as ‘muggles’ in the book have been portrayed as people who know nothing other than bad and
wicked things.

Even the Pope has gone on to condemn Harry for giving children an unhealthy interest in Satanism. Inspite of the phenomenal response for the book from the children, the teenage wizard has his critics.