Hostages to fortune...

carolynwhite2 carolynwhite2 at aol.com
Tue Dec 7 11:46:58 UTC 2004


--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, Barry Arrowsmith 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> 

> Hum. Not sure I agree with either statement.
> IMO the Potterverse is logically consistent *within itself* - and 
> Pippin also treats it as such. Why else spend years scouring canon 
for 
> evidence of Vampire!Snape and ESE!Lupin?
> 
> It's the difference say, between commonsense classical physics and 
the 
> weirdness of Quantum Theory. Each is logical within it's own terms, 
but 
> each is a bugger to explain by reference to the other.
> 
> Barry


Yes, this was precisely my thought! I toyed with the idea of 
reposting it on the main list, to see how she'd wriggle out of it... 
but she's hard-pressed enough anyway, so I nobly refrained.

Carolyn







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