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Harry Potter scandal and other attacks.Posted Sunday, October 21, 2007, at 11:06 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay.
Dumbledore, played by Michael Gambon, was in love with his male rival, the author of Harry Potter books says. 1 of 2 J.K. Rowling, author of the mega-selling fantasy series that ended last summer, outed the beloved character Friday night while appearing before a full house at Carnegie Hall. After reading briefly from the final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," she took questions from audience members. She was asked by one young fan whether Dumbledore finds "true love." "Dumbledore is gay," the author responded to gasps and applause. She then explained that Dumbledore was smitten with rival Gellert Grindelwald, whom he defeated long ago in a battle between good and bad wizards. "Falling in love can blind us to an extent," Rowling said of Dumbledore's feelings, adding that Dumbledore was "horribly, terribly let down." Dumbledore's love, she observed, was his "great tragedy." "Oh, my god," Rowling concluded with a laugh, "the fan fiction." Don't Miss 'Potter' author gives rare U.S. reading Potter readers on fan sites and elsewhere on the Internet have speculated on the sexuality of Dumbledore, noting that he has no close relationship with women and a mysterious, troubled past. And explicit scenes with Dumbledore already have appeared in fan fiction. Rowling told the audience that while working on the planned sixth Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," she spotted a reference in the script to a girl who once was of interest to Dumbledore. A note was duly passed to director David Yates, revealing the truth about her character. Rowling, finishing a brief "Open Book Tour" of the United States, her first tour here since 2000, also said that she regarded her Potter books as a "prolonged argument for tolerance" and urged her fans to "question authority." Not everyone likes her work, Rowling said, likely referring to Christian groups that have alleged the books promote witchcraft. Her news about Dumbledore, she said, will give them one more reason. I posted the whole article so my readers would not accuse me of making this up. My kids have never read or never will read or watch Harry Potter because of the repackaging of the witchcraft to lead children astray. I know not all kids who watch it will follow it , but some might and now one of the main characters turns out to be gay. This plus the comments of Kathy Griffith on the awards show if this is not proof of a declining society , what else do you need. They are already taking the Christ out of Christmas again[I know JESUS was not born on Dec 25 but still. They want to take any connection with God off of national monuments , money , the Pledge of Allegiance. The peace talks with the Middle East are taking place next month and as usual Israel will be blamed for everything again, but as long as they give up land they will be spared. God give them that land and they will have it all back one day. I wonder if this is the 7 year peace accord the Bible talks about that the Anti- Christ does his thing , time will tell. Notice all the earthquakes here lately? Prophecy is happening all around us and most folks can't even see it. Pray for Israel for she is God's chose nation and pray that our government takes action on Iran before Iran takes action on us. It seems to me that a lot of commenters on these blogs don't like the U.S. or maybe it is the the system they don't like , i don't like a lot of things either , but it still is the best in the world. Comments Showing most recent comments first [Show in chronological order instead] |
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All my blogs to the most extent will be from a Christian perspective and the attacks on my faith.
Hmm, let's see.. the blog was written by a STAUNCH NeoChristain... And you are surprised it's about politics/religion... Wow.
My point. I wouldn't have even looked at this blog if I had known it was another forum for religion/politics.
Here I will just show you what I am talking about.
"The peace talks with the Middle East are taking place next month and as usual Israel will be blamed for everything again, but as long as they give up land they will be spared.
God give them that land and they will have it all back one day.
I wonder if this is the 7 year peace accord the Bible talks about that the Anti- Christ does his thing , time will tell.
Notice all the earthquakes here lately?
Prophecy is happening all around us and most folks can't even see it.
Pray for Israel for she is God's chose nation and pray that our government takes action on Iran before Iran takes action on us.
It seems to me that a lot of commenters on these blogs don't like the U.S. or maybe it is the the system they don't like , i don't like a lot of things either , but it still is the best in the world."
Michael Bell
SEE THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HARRY POTTER. And this was part of the blog topic.
Hey Neena, TRY READING THE BLOG AGAIN... The title itself allows you to understand this is about more than just Harry Potter. Much like the President, reading the parts that you agree with.
What does Bush have to do with Harry Potter?
Well thanks to Bush and his precious oil, our country is drenched in the blood of murdered civilians and soldiers. The Iraqi War is a war for oil, nothing more.
Hey nobody's selling if nobody's buying. I wouldn't call it shoving down their throat because they seem to be anxious to buy it. If you mean political shoving, the Iraqui's voted for a democratic government. At least they seemed to think it was a good idea. Whether it will ever work remains to be seen.
But I do agree that we need to do more for energy self sufficiency. Again, I don't want to be at the mercy of unpredictable oil producing dictators, but until we show the will power to restrain our consumption and find new energy sources, I agree with jaxspike. I don't want blood on my hands to subsidize waste of resources.
Why don't we just tap into our own reserves in Alaska and cut out all the little countries? I don't see why we can't become dependent on our own.
And they are opposed to everything we stand for because we love shoving our way of life down their throat and wanting them to be like us. I wouldn't like us much either if I was them.
No, I don't think that just because we need something gives us a right to take it by force - as long as the free markets allow us to buy it. What I was referring to requires looking beyond the end of your nose. Consider this scenario. If someone like the Iranian leader begins to consolidate power in the Middle East and maybe joins forces with someone like Chavez in Venezuela, then they could so restrict our access to oil that our ecomnomy would be crippled. These people are opposed to everything we stand for and would not hesitate to do anything to destroy us. I call that economic terrorsism. Is this likely? Probably not, but 10 years ago no one would have thought it likely that planes would be flown into the Twin Towers.
Exactly neena!!
But really, the argument by devan is really ignorant to begin with. Just because America needs something doesnâ??t give it a right to invade another country and just take it. That goes against everything that we stand for. If we are fighting a war in the Middle East just to secure resources for our nation that is not ours then that makes us no different than the dictators we so often scrutinize.
I donâ??t agree with the war but I am hoping that the real reason for it is to fight terrorism. . not just to secure oil resources. Because if it is just for oil, then there is definitely a lot of blood on our governmentâ??s hands.
I thought this was a blog about Harry Potter.
Like it or not we need access to oil and whether we have it determines the fate of our economy. The only people that should complain about our military interest in foreign oil are those that are living a lifestyle that doesn't use any.
-- Posted by devan on Thu, Oct 25, 2007, at 9:03 PM
We should complain when our government lies about the reasons for going to war. Did the government tell all the soldiers that have been killed that they were fighting for oil?
This whole "War on Terror" is getting ridiculous. Fox news even reported that the wild fires in California may have been started by Al Queda.Give me a break.
Ok, so in other words... Kill for oil. WRONG. Anyways...
North Korea is a REAL threat. They have a precise, intelligent, and strong military. Iran, much like Iraq, does not have the capability to produce anything nuclear or anything to overtake America. To shrug off a real threat, because you deem oil more important, is ridiculous. I drive an SUV, and I use oil/gas, and many plastic products that contain petroleum.
But you just repeated everything I said. Thanks. You know, working out great business deals, works a lot better than killing just because you need a certain product. If one individual did that, he'd go to jail for murder, but if you march under the cloak of "war" you are a national hero.
I think you have it backwards. North Korea is not as big a threat to us because they have little that we need. Iran and other oil producing countries are serious threats because they have what we desperately need. A threat to this resource is a threat to our security. Like it or not we need access to oil and whether we have it determines the fate of our economy. The only people that should complain about our military interest in foreign oil are those that are living a lifestyle that doesn't use any. I don't think we should act preemptively but we should be sure that other countries know we will act decisively.
"Pray for Israel for she is God's chose nation and pray that our government takes action on Iran before Iran takes action on us.
It seems to me that a lot of commenters on these blogs don't like the U.S. or maybe it is the the system they don't like , i don't like a lot of things either , but it still is the best in the world."
The American system works, for the majority of its citizens, but then again if you have never stepped foot in another country, then you wouldn't really know how great other country's systems are. Another thing, Iran is not a threat to America. They simply want nuclear power to run their country, they may even want the ability to creat a nuclear weapon. There are other, more immediate and potentiall deadly threats that we face, and we ignore them and exhaust our efforst on these countries that can't even defend themselves. If North Korea had huge oil reserves, or other natural resources we desired, we would not hesitate to invade them. Iran, has natural resources that are essential to Americans, therefore our leaders conjure up stories of fear and hate towards an implicitly unadvanced civilization, not because they are threat to our security, but they are a threat to a resource, that we haven't yet been able to creat in a lab.
I agree . . . having a gay character is definitely not the best way to boost the sell of books geared toward children so I am sure that was not her reason(plus she has sold hundreds of millions already). I am sure she had these characters mapped out in her head before she began the first story and she wrote him as if he was a gay character and he developed from that and many other characteristics she had in her mind of him. I think she was basically saying what she drew her inspiration for his actions and character from. That is all.
The books themselves have sold 345 million copies, I seriously doubt that she needed to "boost" sales. She was just being honest about a character, a well loved, brave honorable character in a fictional book loved by millions. Not really a big deal, but I sure do wish all the wizadry would rub off on me. There are a few spells I would love to cast =]
I think Harry Potter is about witch craft as much as Mickey Mouse in Fantasia was. I am dissappointed that J.K. Rowling felt she needed to add a gay character to boost her sales. I don't feel like it has a place in childrens's books. Yes, I am aware there are almost as many adults reading this series as children, but it started out being for and about the kids...morally I feel it should have been left out. I think it was a last minute idea to create controversy and boost sales. Cheap, J.K....cheap.
In your last blog, you talked about how easily people get offended by jokes.The Kathy Griffith bit was a joke told by a comedian, not to be taken seriously.Lighten up.
Michael, I have read every one of the Harry Potter books multiple times. I have seen all the movies so far. Not once have I tried to cast an Avada Kedavra spell on someone! However it does sometimes appear that you may have been hexed by the babbling spell.
I seriously doubt Ms. Rowling wrote the story of this young wizard and his battle against evil to lead innocent children into witchcraft or a homosexual lifestyle.
What she did accomplish was simply outstanding. She lured children into something that will hopefully haunt them the rest of their lives; she got them to READ! ...And for that she has my respect and admiration. I wish I had one-tenth of the writing talent she possesses.
I'll stop typing now -- seems like the babbling spell's got me too!
Didn't some parents reject the Scooby-Doo cartoon back in the day because of the same thing? oh, and because Shaggy was a pot-head?
The reason that more earthquakes are being reported is that more seismographs are being installed world wide.
Harry Potter inspires children to be witches? What a joke! Don't radical religious fanatics have something better to worry about other than works of FICTION! Just because someone reads Huck Finn doesn't mean they are going to build a raft and float the Mississippi. Get a clue!
I have not read the Harry Potter books(I am more of a Tolkien and CS Lewis fan) but I have enjoyed watching the movies and I could care less if the Dumbledore is gay or not. The movie is fictional and in the story it is not obvious that he is gay so I donâ??t see it hurting anyone. Anyway, reading about a gay character wonâ??t corrupt a childâ??s mind no more than seeing a gay person out on the street.
But hey, that is just my opinion.
I have never read a Harry Potter book, nor have I seen a Harry Potter movie. Not because it teaches witchcraft, though I must say that is sort of a weak argument. Not because whoever you said is gay. I have not nor will I because it is nonsense. The very same reason I dislike StarTrek and StarWars, I'm sorry, to me the very idea is stupid and I just can't do it.
The reason I say that the witchcraft angle is a weak one is because if they do perform witchcraft in the movie you must admit it would be very difficult to recreate, therefore reenforcing in children that it can only be done in movies and books.
As for whats his face being gay, I don't think that is going to encourage kids to be gay anymore than practicing witchcraft. Gay is something you are or you're not. I don't care how cool it is, I am not gay. There are some that say just the opposite.