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New Cult Threatens Ulster Children
Ulster is in dire need of someone to save us ... from Harry Potter apparently. A DUP Councillor for Ballymena, Roy Gillespie, has determined that Harry Potter is a dangerous 'cult' - a touch melodramatic from a man whose party leader is head of a church where line-dancing is considered a sin and Guinness "the devil's buttermilk" (disgusting yes, but surely that's a bit harsh).
Harry Potter and the half-blood prince is due out on 16th July at a midnight unveiling and Gillespie is urging people not to attend. He also said the timing of the release was 'suspicious'. (What the fuck? Based on this story, I've created a new category for posts called 'Local Wackos' - I can forsee more DUP politicians ending up in here before too long.)
Follow up:
Gillespie had this to say:
"These cults with their stories about witches are damaging, especially to young people who would be better off saying their prayers."
I have two children and one granddaughter and I would not like to see her standing at midnight being told about witches and wizards.
Children should be well tucked up in bed with their prayers said by that time."
I hope you Ballymena DUP voters are all proud of yourselves, letting fucking wackos like this into local government. It's not like you didn't know his track record! (Apparently he once defended the council's banning of an ELO concert from Ballymena Showgrounds. Why? The 3 Ds, apparently. "Drink, Drugs and Debauchery." ELO?)
My opinion? These cults with their stories about people dying and coming back to life are damaging, especially when you force them down the throat of young people who would be better off growing up with an open mind.
I have no children or granddaughters but if I did, I'd feel better about them standing at midnight for a new book about witches and wizards, which they know is fiction, than dredging off to some wee building every Sunday to have stories that are almost as preposterous fed to them as gospel, as it were.
Maybe it's time people started thinking about ways of bringing up kids to behave well through means other than instilling them with fear of repurcussions after death, eh?
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