"Strip away the magic and the Dr. Seuss creatures and the wizards and sorcerers, and ultimately the Harry Potter series boils down to the message that love, understanding, and tolerance are the most important things in the world."
Or, that education, even in potentially lethal subjects, taught in a magical castle with secret passages by animagi and half-giants and possessed zombies, is too boring to waste time on; and in the end, you might as well commit suicide by a literally (and metaphorically) toothless villain, since one day you'll be just another tired, middle-aged ex-jock with a dead-end job, holding up the racist status quo and looking longingly at the balding blond guy you should have hooked up with back when, instead of the ginger harridan who's ridden your coattails to the good life.
Just adding a different perspective. Since I read the books, and I'm fairly certain that he-who-shall-not-be-named, didn't.
Or, that education, even in potentially lethal subjects, taught in a magical castle with secret passages by animagi and half-giants and possessed zombies, is too boring to waste time on; and in the end, you might as well commit suicide by a literally (and metaphorically) toothless villain, since one day you'll be just another tired, middle-aged ex-jock with a dead-end job, holding up the racist status quo and looking longingly at the balding blond guy you should have hooked up with back when, instead of the ginger harridan who's ridden your coattails to the good life.
Just adding a different perspective. Since I read the books, and I'm fairly certain that he-who-shall-not-be-named, didn't.