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	coffee_mug 2006-10-08 08:24 pm UTC (link)
	Like most heroes, Harry Potter possesses the requisite Boy Scout virtues: trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. Hahahahaha. Somebody stopped reading at GoF, it would seem. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	mcity 2006-10-08 08:43 pm UTC (link)
	Well, the article is four years old. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	solle 2006-10-10 04:08 pm UTC (link)
	I did. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	freezer 2006-10-08 08:25 pm UTC (link)
	My God, the amount of Missed The Sarcasm frothing is amazing! (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	brown_betty 2006-10-08 08:28 pm UTC (link)
	I have no idea if it's likely or not but if Chris Suellentrop were a pseud of some Slytherfen, I would die happy. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	gal_montag 2006-10-08 08:30 pm UTC (link)
	Dang, and I thought I over thought things. (Reply to this)

rotten_fish
2006-10-08 08:38 pm UTC (link)

Oh, come on. After this introduction: "Slate's "Assessment" columns dissect the conventional wisdom about real people (L. Ron Hubbard), fictional characters (Scooby-Doo), companies (Whole Foods), body parts (the prostate), and even weather patterns (El Nino)." people still think he's being serious?

Fine. ::sniffs:: I'll just take him seriously too, then: Y HELO THAR DRACO MALFOY!!

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seraphtrevs
2006-10-08 08:54 pm UTC (link)

*facepalm* My fandom has the dumbest people.

At least they're funny, though. Examples:

so instead of reporting on important things like the war in iraq or the problems with the enconomy, this person chooses to criticize a beloved childrens book. the real question is not whether harry potter deserves his heroic title, but why cant this writer find something worthwhile to write about.

Until the war in Iraq is over, no one is allowed to talk about anything else. AWESOME. (Although I'm presuming that if the article was a positive review of Harry Potter, s/h/it would have a problem.)

Well, you have my sympathy Chris. Not only did you have to fend for yourself from birth, but you have yet to become a well known author, haven't you? Your only claim to fame is the ability to write an article dripping in sarcasm and bitterness on a subject that is unoriginal and unresearched sounding. Better luck next time.

As opposed to someone who writes reviews of satiric articles dripping in sarcasm and bitterness - those people are certain to go onto great things.

in the name of journalistic integrity, you might have also wanted to mention that rowling mentions time and again that harry himself would like nothing better than to just be a normal kid.

Journalistic integrity. Journalistic integrity. In a satiric article. Because Harry Potter is SERIOUS BUSINESS.

*cries*

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	waltraute 2006-10-08 08:58 pm UTC (link)
	If Rowling ever did want to take over the world, she has a ready-made band of insane followers to draw upon. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	zyna_kat 2006-10-08 08:59 pm UTC (link)
	Ha ha ha, that's a great article! (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	bunny 2006-10-08 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	The following piece was originally published in Slate on Nov. 8, 2002. LOL at slate for re-posting an article that is four years old. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	(Anonymous) 2006-10-08 09:17 pm UTC (link)
	Ugh, I remember reading this article years ago....I guess as long as it's posted, people will argue in the forms.... (Reply to this)

	harrylovesron 2006-10-08 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	Hey, I could totally get behind a book being named after Ron. ~~As long as it was Harry Potter and Ron's Magical Healing Cock.~~ (Reply to this)(Thread)

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velvet_mace
2006-10-08 09:36 pm UTC (link)

Way to slack, Slate! Way to slack!

It boggles my mind that Slate can find so little to cover that it would waste time and space reprinting an outdated scathing article about Harry Potter. An article, whose only possible useful purpose is to rile people up. For a second time.

You know, if the Slate Editors felt like stirring up shit, they could have just come to Fandom_wank, and bitched about House's Aspergers like the rest of us.

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	tehrin 2006-10-08 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	I feel like I'm in a time warp. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	tao_tao 2006-10-08 09:44 pm UTC (link)
	BAHAHAHA akin to "the boy who showed up" or "the boy who never took a sick day" Bahah defensive wank. This is the best thing I read all week! GET A LIFE you probably haven't even read all of the books. XDDDDDDD (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	pharae 2006-10-08 10:14 pm UTC (link)
	I'd love to see what this guy has to say about OotP and GoF. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	chibikaijuu 2006-10-08 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	God, that thing is so OLD. Why is it being brought back? (Reply to this)

	(Anonymous) 2006-10-08 11:11 pm UTC (link)
	I admit it, I didn't think it was satire. Mostly because so many articles about Harry Potter are so ignorant anyway. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	vomitymcpuke 2006-10-09 01:38 am UTC (link)
	Ugh. That dude clearly didn't read past GoF. It's not something we haven't seen in fandom already though. But I know my HP fandom, they won't sit back and let some random dude insult their fictional hero! (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	(Anonymous) 2006-10-09 02:54 am UTC (link)
	When I first saw it, I read "Harry Potter is a big, fat pony" and wasn't sure of what to do with myself for a moment. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	frequentmouse 2006-10-09 03:46 am UTC (link)
	Is it just me, or is that, like, the most reader-unfriendly comment thread ever? I mean, worse than /. fercrissake (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	azazello 2006-10-09 06:38 am UTC (link)
	I thought it was funny. And I've heard similar opinions expressed by Potterfen, usually the ones who think Harry is a little sod cos he's so meeeeeen to all the Slytherins. Perhaps the author of the article in quesion IS one of those pillocks who fervently believe they ARE Slytherins? (Reply to this)

	aerobot 2006-10-09 10:32 am UTC (link)
	Wow, I fell for that hook, line, and sinker. facepalm I wouldn't be surprised if it was real, considering most anti-Potter articles. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	lottelita 2006-10-09 03:57 pm UTC (link)
	My wanker-sense is tingling. Somewhere, someone is CASTING ASPERSIONS on the CHARACTER I LOVE! To the batshit-mobile, fanbrats! (Reply to this)(Thread)

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