HarryT
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Because he didn't say "I don't like the books"; he said "the books are crap". No disrespect to you, but if you're not a native English-speaker, you may perhaps not appreciate the enormous difference between the meaning of those two statements. The first is expressing a personal preference - nobody would argue with that. The second is stating an absolute fact about the value of them, and that's insulting.
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I could be wrong of course but I think you see a lot more to his post than he intended.
Saying "I don't like it" is not enough. Why I didn't like? Because it is Sci-fi and I like detective stories? Because it was boring? Because it was crap? I must add an explanation. And saying it is crap is reasonable good explanation -> IMHO!
Anyone who post on forum, in general IMHO!, state their personal opinion. Sure we could type IMHO after every sentence, but it would make posting a chore
So, well at least that is how I read others' people posts, I always look at them as personal opinion about something, unless told otherwise.
In my opinion if he said:
HP's books are crap; you should read it as:
HP's books are crap IMHO.
Although I believe you are right, because he said it a bit differently:
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Now we come to the next point.... who can read and enjoy this crap ?????
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This one clearly states his opinion that anyone who can read HP is an idiot or worse.
life is full of idiots and morons, HarryT, we just have to deal with them or ignore
I will make a small attempt and will not ignore but give an example from my experience.
stepanok
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I like the way she even tells us how we should read her books. No ebooks. Are we alowed to drink, or take a break to go to the toilet ??
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and have zero respect for "wishes" of this sort and do what I like and also
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I guess i dont like bussiness that much then
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I hate business as well.
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Harry Potter books are plain crap and because of that it took a zillion $$$ to market them and promote them. Thet are a great example of what a shrewd bussiness woman can achive but not what a writer can
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Why?
Quite simple.
I am the last person who can be influenced by total strangers. This problem follows me through all my life, because when you are different from crowd, you have got a problem. People don't like someone who is different.
I started to read HP1 4 months
after HP7 was published.
Never read HP before. Seen 2 or 3 movies and was not impressed and that's it. I didn't give a monkey's ...bottom whether most people around me read him and liked/disliked HP and closely followed his quest during all 7 or more years while Rowling was writing the books.
In 20 minutes after I started to read HP, I knew I love it. I read all 7 books in a record time of 2.5 months, non-stop. I still believe it is one of the best fantasy series I have ever read.
So, you might dislike HP and believe it is crap but your assumption that its success is only a business model is indeed a crap idea
HF
