Comments | hornetmadsquid: I see where you're going with that.

hornetmadsquid

I see where you're going with that.

Jul 20, 2007 11:45

J.K Rowling has compared early reviews of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in American news papers to, the BOSTON FUCKING TEA PARTY. I mean really, I can totally see where she was going with that. On the one hand you have a response to a repressive taxation levied without representation (e.g. The Stamp Act) in which Boston locals stormed the ( Read more... )

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m_calliope July 20 2007, 16:39:39 UTC

Maybe she thought the Boston Tea Party was an actual tea party? I mean, she's foreign, maybe she really didn't know.

vektortgecko July 20 2007, 20:45:30 UTC

She's British :P

The Boston Tea Party was largely triggered by objections to British taxes imposed on tea shipments and import duties into the country.

It's about as much of a historical event for the Brits as it is for the Yanks.

vektortgecko July 20 2007, 18:59:59 UTC

Plz to be citing references so I that I may see the actual comments in context.

Don't care enough to hunt them down myself!

hornetmadsquid July 20 2007, 19:27:16 UTC

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070719/people_nm/books_potter_dc;_ylt=AjYS9PA4jWhpZzNzwzG0Nq9xFb8C

vektortgecko July 20 2007, 20:42:15 UTC

Okay, from reading this, it's pretty clear that she's not referring to the event as a precursor to the revolution, but making reference to the double standard carried out with regard to taxation and import duties on official (East India) shipments and tax evading privateers.

thelala July 22 2007, 16:35:56 UTC

Likened how? All I can find is stuff saying it was likened.