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A brand new set of Harry Potter fans

#1 Post by Bob78164 » Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:50 pm

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"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear." Thomas Jefferson

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#2 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:58 pm

I just don't even know what to say. Is this real or an Onion joke?

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#3 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:06 am

Here is one on ebay:

http://tinyurl.com/2m26e9

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#4 Post by silvercamaro » Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:23 am

I think the Nimbus came out -- and quickly was discontinued -- several years ago, perhaps as early as the second year of the Harry Potter phenomenon. Whatever the year, the newspaper story is an old one.

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#5 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:57 am

The Harry Potter Nimbus 2000, for sale since October of 2001, is marketed to 8—to 12-year-old children. A toy replica of the broomstick Harry Potter uses in the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the Nimbus 2000 is, according to at least one mother, providing a little too much stimulation.
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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