Personally, I actually prefer magic to be common place and not mysterious; it clearly separates the fantasy world from the real world, and it makes it so that everyday tasks, to the audience, are not so ordinary.

(Also, you wrote "it's" (= "it is") when you clearly meant "its".)

And did you also like it when the Star Wars prequels reduced the Force into being nothing more than particles in someones blood stream? Pretty much the same deal as HP, magic is something in the bloodline which is passed along. HP's Wizards are closer to being Sorcerers in D&D parlance.

Bad argument: "Hey guys, have you ever tried cutting off your arm? How do you know it isn't great if you haven't tried it?"

Point to this man. Morolf was winning until this post. And then he goes right back to winning shortly thereafter. XD

+1 for the reference.

I always thought Rowling was going for more of a Star Wars vibe with the magic thing. The books are more geared to the chivalry of it, not the legend/tradition (for lack of better words) of magic lore and yore. Magic to her is just another form of the light saber.

I'm reminded of the fights Wells and Verne had. Wells was interested in the aesthetics of science, leaning more toward the fantasy. It didn't have to be realistic, it just had to look cool. Verne thought you had to back everything up with hard science. He was always critical of Wells for not explaining and backing up how time travel actually worked, what a time machine would actually look like, why and why it wouldn't or not work.

And Bookwyrm, that is the dumbest comparison in the history of dumb comparisons. XD
Equating reading a book to cutting an arm off. XD

I give up! I'm done here!

I'm just saying "How do you know you won't like it if you've never tried it" is a terrible argument. I'm not even commenting on the books or reading. :P

I'd have used "try cocaine" instead, but I didn't want someone going "but coke is great!"