Re: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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From: The Bulldog
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 00:00

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In article <395FF477.C115A337@nospam-littlebull.com>, 
niki@nospam-littlebull.com says...
>
>tandym@hotmail.com wrote:

[SNIP well stated points]

>And you know what's funny? Of America and England, it's England which
>has a national Christian religion, America which has the (ideally)
>wholly secular government. So why is all the furor over Harry Potter's
>lack of Christianity-endorsement coming out of the good ol' U.S. of A.
>where the First Amendment supposedly reigns supreme?

Bulldog's comment: In the US, speech is free, so long as you are saying exactly 
what others want you to say. Fortunately, we do have a certain critical mass, 
that tends to cancel out a lot, but it is still a scary proposition.

>
>Maybe I just haven't heard about similar protests in the U.K. yet?
>
>
>Niki
>-- 
>I JUST WANT TO SCRIBBLE SOMEWHERES OK?!   -   remove that "nospam-"
>http://www.littlebull.com/story/          -   thingie from the To: field
>Because "THE END" is a terrible concept   -   if ya wanna reply

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From: the_bulldog@the_doghouse.com (The Bulldog)
Subject: Re: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Date: 2000/07/07
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