Lisa: Wait just a minute! I did not belittle anyone, did not imply that anyone is uneducated, and did not say that anything is below me. (My reference to Alzheimer's was not intended to poke fun at anyone but myself. As anyone who knows me can attest, I've been teetering on the brink for years.) You're reading way too much into what I wrote. What I did say is that I simply do not understand why JKR's books hold so much interest for adults. I always thought that they were written for children. Your earlier post told me a few things in this regard that I did not know. For instance, I did not know that the stories are more akin to A.C. Doyle than to, say, T. Geisel (Dr. Seuss). Thanks for enlightening me. As I wrote earlier, I'm just not interested in reading this particular genre. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John and Lisa Zeigler" <john@johnstelescopes.com> To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 11:20 AM Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Potter | Sorry, didn't mean to pick on anyone. I understand not liking a certain | genre, but belittling people because you perceive them as uneducated, and | liking something that you believe is below you is rather harsh when you | don't know the subject matter. | | Lisa | | | | -----Original Message----- | From: Michael Carnes [mailto:michaelcarnes@earthlink.net] | Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 11:11 AM | To: Utah Astronomy | Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Potter | | | Hey, don't pick on Kim too much. I know where he's coming from. Not to say | anything one way or another about Ms. Rowling's ability as a writer, but I'm | just not interested in fantasy. This is why I find Star Wars so gruesomely | boring. Now if you've got good thought-provoking SF (like 'Code 46' or | Gattaca'), I'm right there. Guess I'm just an old grump. | | | | _______________________________________________ | Utah-Astronomy mailing list | Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com | http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy | Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com | | ______________________________________________________________________ | This e-mail has been scanned by Cut.Net Managed Email Content Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more information on Cut.Nets Content Service, visit http://www.cut.net | ______________________________________________________________________ | |