Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 11:54:58 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
From: Samuel Lubell <lubell at boo.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Burning at the Stake (Not!)
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

At 10:19 AM 4/14/03 -0400, you wrote:
>         (Yawnnn.)
>         Gee whiz, Mike, I thought you or Mr. Pullman were talking about
>something **controversial**.  People have been "dealing with organized
>religion and God in a rather less than complimentary way" for thousands of
>years.  Got anything **new** for us to talk about?

Yes they have, but rarely in *children's books*.  As the controversy over
Harry Potter shows, many people are protective of what they think their
children are exposed to.