Guys, please. Don’t feed the trolls.

And Harry fans? Please stop taking this so seriously. You ask us if we understand that Harry Potter is only a book. Yes, it is. Yes, we take dissing it pretty seriously. That’s the entire point of this thread. Do we take it *too* seriously sometimes? Yes. By all means, yes.

But the same applies to you.

This is a book, for crying out loud. We aren’t trying to attack you personally. Nobody is trying to stop you from reading it or enjoying it. By all means, if you find something you like, run with it. But don’t expect everyone to share your opinion. Understand, please, that everyone on this board already has their own opinion and whether or not anyone’s arguments make sense they are unlikely to change it. So what good does it do you to jump in and start an argument.

And before you ask, yes, I apply the same philosophy to Harry Potter haters who troll on fan boards.