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JK Rowling weighs more than a duck. Burn her!

Post by FBM » Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:32 pm

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8282356.stm

JK Rowling denied top US honour

Harry Potter author JK Rowling missed out on a top honour because some US politicians believed she "encouraged witchcraft", it has been claimed.

Matt Latimer, former speech writer for President George W Bush, said that some members of his administration believed her books promoted sorcery.

As a result, she was never presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

The claims appear in Latimer's new book called Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor.

He wrote that "narrow thinking" led White House officials to object to giving Rowling the civilian honour.

The award acknowledges contributions to US national interest, world peace or cultural endeavours.

Past literary recipients of the award include John Steinbeck and Harper Lee.

Others denied the privilege under the Bush administration included Senator Edward Kennedy, who died in August this year.

Latimer claimed, in his book, that the veteran politician and health care activist was excluded because he was deemed to be too liberal.
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Re: JK Rowling weighs more than a duck. Burn her!

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:35 pm

She's not uh Merkin anyway, so why should she get a medal from anybody?
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Post by FBM » Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:46 pm

But she's had such an impact on Merkin culture... ;)
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:51 pm

FBM wrote:But she's had such an impact on Merkin culture... ;)
Furrin' influenzas are not Merkin, 'n you know it! :lay:
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Re: JK Rowling weighs more than a duck. Burn her!

Post by klr » Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:52 pm

FBM wrote:But she's had such an impact on Merkin culture... ;)
America has culture? :what:

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:53 pm

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FBM wrote:But she's had such an impact on Merkin culture... ;)
America has culture? :what:

What was it Shaw said again? :whistle:
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Re: JK Rowling weighs more than a duck. Burn her!

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Gawdzilla wrote:
klr wrote:
FBM wrote:But she's had such an impact on Merkin culture... ;)
America has culture? :what:

What was it Shaw said again? :whistle:
"Lend me five quid until Monday"?
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Re: JK Rowling weighs more than a duck. Burn her!

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FBM wrote:But she's had such an impact on Merkin culture... ;)
America has culture? :what:

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Re: JK Rowling weighs more than a duck. Burn her!

Post by FBM » Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:11 pm

Civilization is simply mankind's most recent experiment and it failed to produce the desired results. We need to re-postulate our hypothesis and try something else.


So anyway, Bush was and presumably still is a fundie asshat.
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FBM wrote:Civilization is simply mankind's most recent experiment and it failed to produce the desired results. We need to re-postulate our hypothesis and try something else.
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Gawdzilla wrote:
FBM wrote:Civilization is simply mankind's most recent experiment and it failed to produce the desired results. We need to re-postulate our hypothesis and try something else.
So, you think we have a civilization now? :coffee:
We have a clusterfuck in a nosedive. The whole concept of 'civilization' is bullshit. It's just a word people throw around to make themselves feel superior.

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:21 pm

FBM wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:
FBM wrote:Civilization is simply mankind's most recent experiment and it failed to produce the desired results. We need to re-postulate our hypothesis and try something else.
So, you think we have a civilization now? :coffee:
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Re: JK Rowling weighs more than a duck. Burn her!

Post by Drewish » Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:24 pm

Harry Potter does in fact promote withcraft. I'm not saying that witchcraft is real of course. But it does. I mean, I put Harry Potter in the same place that I put Twilight, the junk bin. Poorly written dribble with flat characters and magical plot devices created out of nowhere to solve problems created by other magical plot devices that came out of nowhere. Is it evil? No. If Satan were real he'd be offended at the notion that something of such poor quality be associated with him. :demon:
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:30 pm

andrewclunn wrote:Harry Potter does in fact promote withcraft. I'm not saying that witchcraft is real of course. But it does. I mean, I put Harry Potter in the same place that I put Twilight, the junk bin. Poorly written dribble with flat characters and magical plot devices created out of nowhere to solve problems created by other magical plot devices that came out of nowhere. Is it evil? No. If Satan were real he'd be offended at the notion that something of such poor quality be associated with him. :demon:
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Re: JK Rowling weighs more than a duck. Burn her!

Post by tattuchu » Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:32 pm

What is the criteria by which these awards are, um, awarded? I'm not sure Rowling deserves it because, while I enjoy them immensely, I wouldn't exactly call the Harry Potter series great literature. As for the books "promoting sorcery," that's a absolute bullshit reason not to award her the, um, award. Do these fucktards actually believe witchcraft and sorcery are real?! Are we still living in the fucking Dark Ages?! :lay:
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