Wow... 'Kino's Journey' is coming to life... XD
I've not read any Harry Potter, so I don't know how "bad" the characters/story is.
I feel it's the government's job (especially a department that specialises in 'censorship') is to
make the guidelines of what's good for what age, and the publisher's/writer'sjobs to obey those
guidelines.
Now, unless you're a back-water group, and you don't have many morals/responsibilities, then you could give
kids what we know is 18+ only in reality/civil society. That's obviously crazy.
Now, that is for the basics of censorship. When it comes to what is acceptable in terms of topics, it's iffy about
what is acceptable.
For example: Governments and public don't really want to publish "Terrorist Training Manuals" as
it's a criminal/ill-moral extremism.
Witchcraft is mythical. That's why we have science, mathematics and other logistic subjects. To make a love potion;
To have wind come out your sleeves; Spell chantings; They are all unproven methods of wizardry and witchcraft. Therefore
I don't see fictional things like this is bad for people of any age.
The government and publishers really should have to look at what is acceptable to the public, and logically say what is
publishable and not. It's quite simple to decide though.
Fiction is not evil or illegal. Teaching real life things may be due to what it is trying to teach. But most of us have
common sence, right? And like what Zangetsu said (for anyone really. You dont want it, don't buy it. Let's not
try to kill originality.
