LOTR vs Harry Potter - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Daniel Telcontar · 07-23-2002, 02:23 PM

For the umpteen time: ROWLING'S MAGIC WORDS ARE LATIN!! It has been stated so a hundred times, and it is a fact!!! And whenever killing/controlling/torturing spells are mentioned, it is also mentioned how bad and wrong they are. If you think that Rowling's books are immoral because there are spells used to kill in it, then I say Silmarillion is immoral because Melkor tortures elves to make orcs!! Someone might get the idea of taking a cat and make it into a toad!!<P>You state that Gandalf does not use magic to murder, but he does. In the Hobbit he kills the goblins, and in Moria he destroys the bridge, killing the Balrog. You might say it is different because they are beings of evil, but in HP the only ones to kill are evil beings, beings that you cannot be sympathetic with, Voldemort, Wormtounge and the Dementors. Not Harry Potter, Dumbledore or any of the good guys. LOTR actually teaches that it is alright to kill if those you kill are evil, whereas in HP Dumbledore explains that life is something precious that can only be taken, not given, which is why we should never kill.<p>[ July 23, 2002: Message edited by: Daniel Telcontar ]

07-23-2002, 02:23 PM	#11
Daniel Telcontar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 713	For the umpteen time: ROWLING'S MAGIC WORDS ARE LATIN!! It has been stated so a hundred times, and it is a fact!!! And whenever killing/controlling/torturing spells are mentioned, it is also mentioned how bad and wrong they are. If you think that Rowling's books are immoral because there are spells used to kill in it, then I say Silmarillion is immoral because Melkor tortures elves to make orcs!! Someone might get the idea of taking a cat and make it into a toad!!<P>You state that Gandalf does not use magic to murder, but he does. In the Hobbit he kills the goblins, and in Moria he destroys the bridge, killing the Balrog. You might say it is different because they are beings of evil, but in HP the only ones to kill are evil beings, beings that you cannot be sympathetic with, Voldemort, Wormtounge and the Dementors. Not Harry Potter, Dumbledore or any of the good guys. LOTR actually teaches that it is alright to kill if those you kill are evil, whereas in HP Dumbledore explains that life is something precious that can only be taken, not given, which is why we should never kill.<p>[ July 23, 2002: Message edited by: Daniel Telcontar ] __________________ Two beer or not two beer, that is the question; by Shakesbeer