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10-20-2004, 09:21 PM
| | |  Potter books popular with Guantanamo Bay prisoners
The Australian has an interesting article detailing the effect Potter has had on prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. Quote:
Ex-US Air Force translator Ahmad Al Halabi, who was also a librarian at Guantanamo Bay prison, said Hicks was one of several inmates who were "always arguing about which volume of Harry Potter they could have".
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Investigators thought a series of numbers next to Hicks's name on a cell block roster were part of a secret coded message between Mr Al Halabi and Hicks. But the "code" was in fact the reference numbers for the Harry Potter books in the library.
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The JK Rowling bestsellers have been in high demand among Western prisoners.
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10-20-2004, 09:26 PM
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Well that's um... nice....  Well it's nice to know there are even more Harry Potter fans... even if they are criminals.
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10-20-2004, 10:23 PM
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Yeah... ok this is weirdo... 
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10-20-2004, 10:25 PM
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| | Puffskein
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I find it a bit ironic that people who are in prison for plotting against America, are reading one of America's most beloved books.
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10-20-2004, 11:04 PM
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ok, criminals reading harry potter strange but awesome! lol
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10-21-2004, 02:04 AM
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ha ha ha!  for some reason i find that extremely funny... hee hee, everyone like Harry Potter! sorry, mental image of extemely muscular, ugly, hairy, stupid-looking (see what movies have done to my mind?) prisoner sitting on a cot in a jail cell hunched over a Harry Potter book...lol  | |
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10-21-2004, 02:22 AM
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^ nice imagery!! They could probably relate to Sirius, which would appeal to the prisoners.
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10-21-2004, 02:28 AM
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Originally Posted by emmafreak ^ nice imagery!! They could probably relate to Sirius, which would appeal to the prisoners. Except, you know, Sirius was INNOCENT. 
I wonder if there's any possibility whatsoever some self-righteous nut would look at this article and say that the Harry Potter series appeals to convicts because of it's morally suspect nature or some such nonsense. Maybe make a correlation between the series and and people who've done evil in this world.
Then again, I might be paranoid 
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I wonder if there's any possibility whatsoever some self-righteous nut would look at this article and say that the Harry Potter series appeals to convicts because of it's morally suspect nature or some such nonsense. Maybe make a correlation between the series and and people who've done evil in this world.
Then again, I might be paranoid
Right on the first part, and no you're not, it's just a matter of time...tick tock tick tock...it's not one of the most banned books for nothing...
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10-21-2004, 02:59 AM
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Ummm..yeah Ok.... thats really strange lol I would like to here what they have to say abou tPOA  | |
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10-21-2004, 04:26 AM
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that's definitely something you don't here everyday lol. who would've thought. | |
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10-21-2004, 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by rowlingrules ha ha ha! for some reason i find that extremely funny... hee hee, everyone like Harry Potter! sorry, mental image of extemely muscular, ugly, hairy, stupid-looking (see what movies have done to my mind?) prisoner sitting on a cot in a jail cell hunched over a Harry Potter book...lol hahahahahaha!I'm imagining it now to.can't stop laughing.hahahahaha | |
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10-21-2004, 08:18 AM
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Go inmates!!! Good for them for wanting to read the best books! I agree in a way about the Sirius in prison factor, but it's also great escapism. I can't say I blame them for wanting to "get away" for a little while. (even if they deserve time)
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10-21-2004, 08:53 AM
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I see them as people at the end of the day. And people like Potter. So why shouldn't they?
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10-21-2004, 09:16 AM
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^yup
Its nice to see that prisnors also like Harry Potter and frankly there is no problem with that its kind of good to see that these guys are doing something recreational  | |
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10-21-2004, 05:31 PM
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Its funny! Lets hope one of them is not a godfather! | |
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10-22-2004, 11:59 PM
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lol! if i were ever in prison (even though i doubt it'll never happen) i would definitely read hp to pass the time!
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11-12-2004, 03:10 AM
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lol thats kinda creepy.
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