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	charmian 2004-09-29 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	While I do think it's important to vote.... Isn't it a little sad that people have to be told to do so by a Harry Potter web site? Are they living in a hole in the ground? That's what I always think when I see these notices going up around fandom. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	mister_terrific 2004-09-30 12:10 am UTC (link)
	No, no. It's the LOTR fans who live in a hole in the ground. The HP people live at Hogwarts, where the teacher/student sex ratio is through the roof if the fanfics are any indication. Mister Terrific Defender of Fair Play (Reply to this)(Parent)

News for the 'ostrich' people

redina
2004-09-30 11:32 am UTC (link)

Are they living in a hole in the ground? That's what I always think when I see these notices going up around fandom.

I've already said my thoughts elsewhere. I was disappointed when I saw TLC post their voter entry.

I'd still be annoyed by Oprah (a TLC reply used her as an example) or if I saw this from a Buffy forum staffed by Americans, hosted on American servers, paid by American dollars, etc.

If I was annoyed by US publishers thinking American children can't figure out the original text of the HP books, then I'm annoyed by a fandom website--the fact the fandom is a British based *source* made it even more ironic--feeling the need to 'remind' Americans to go out and vote.

It's not just this one instance; it's the redundancy of political propaganda in real life--I get mail for both Republican and Democratic (heh, even got one of those freebie 8x10 pics of the OTP of Kerry/Edwards in the mail) voting, along with GLBT groups asking for money--and how I've watched TLC for over a year and thought I could rely on it to give me a break from politics. There are some things, unless you're so isolated from life, that reminders are not necessary. For Americans, it's the US elections now.

Seeing 'go make your voice heard' reminds me of those old commercials about 'this is your brain on drugs'... It's idealism that I don't necessarily find practical because there's also the electoral vote to take into account. Politics are a never-ending cycle and to *over*hype only one aspect of it... {shakes head}

I voiced disappointment over their choice; the Leaky Cauldron editors voiced they basically don't care. We're in disagreement then, and since they voiced they're Americans and I'm an American, freedom of speech and all.

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Think of the children
(Anonymous)
2004-10-01 05:06 pm UTC (link)

All of these Harry Poter fan sites tend to be a little strange but there is not one which is as self obsessed as The Leaky Cauldron - not even The Sugarquill. The site is peppered with references to their own moderators, their exciting and important personal contributions to the Harry Potter Fandom as a whole and the important people they have met choose what Melissa attests they do have less direct Harry Potter news than some of the other sites. This is I gather becasue they filter out what they don't believe to be true - I guess there is a load of crap out there but most people are intelligent enough to filter it for themselves. Of course it is their site and they may do what they wish but you have to ask yourself whether we really care what Leaky Cauldron mods think. Should I hit a Harry Potter gossip site then it is probably because I want to read about Harry Potter not crap about voting or elections in the USA. If I want politics then I'll go to a politics site for God's sake. What I also can't understand is that, choose what adults have to say, Harry Potter is primarily for children who are too young to vote anyway - I wonder what they think of it all.

Mac

PS Ditto all the book burning malarkey. It could only be the good ol' US of A.

Mac

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	here4tehwank 2004-09-29 09:00 pm UTC (link)
	I'm more than a little put off by the fact that it's getting more and more rare that I can visit any HP fandom website and NOT see political messages. I read ff for a reason, people! It's called ESCAPISM!!! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ruaha56 2004-09-29 09:24 pm UTC (link)
	Word, man. All the fandom seems to talk about is politics these days. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)