Pfffft. Ain't that the truth...what a load of tripe. To paraphrase Freud: "sometimes a story is just a story."
Oddly enough, I don't see legions of kids running around in wizard robes, waving wands at people, and cursing them with humorously disguised bad latin.
Well, now, that's not quite correct. I know a lot of kids who do exactly that ...
They're playing Harry Potter, just like they'll grab weapons and play pirate, or cowboys, or soldiers, or Power Rangers, or whatnot. They're having (gasp!!!) FUN!
Yeah, old Satan loves it when kids use their imaginations.... /s.