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[carolynwhite2]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, Barry Arrowsmith 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> 
> Post 22538.
> 
> Loads an' loadsaguff and then  along comes a post which says in 
effect
> "God rot all conformists!"
> 
> Sometimes it all seems worthwhile.....
> 
> Barry


Hm....'I cannot see how progress can be accomplished without 
ambition, wilfulness and a certain contempt for the accepted way to 
do things.'

Who *does* this remind me of.. 

..it's a well-written post in defence of Slytherin, but, alas, the 
only people who live up to the billing so far are Snape and possibly 
Lucius, best to gloss over the rest of the DEs, Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, 
Pansy etc. And how do you account for Gred & Forge? Free market 
wheeler dealers to the tips of their fingers, those two.

Since this plotline seems to go right back to the founders' dispute, 
and thus may be at the heart of the matter, I can only hope she's 
given it some real thought. On which point, I particularly liked the 
last bit:

'If only she reminded herself that she is only able to make money out 
of her books because some ambitious and cunning people somewhere in 
time thought it could be very profitable for all if something like 
the free-market existed...'. 

[I gather this amounted to £147m last year alone, according to TLC].

Tee hee, and it gives me an opportunity to add this little gem from 
post 26544, from someone bemoaning why nobody ever wanted to talk 
about saintly, but dull Gryffindor Harry:

'Anyway, acronyms for a Harry club - very difficult: How about 
Support Harry (It's The Best Option )Now (S.H.I.T.B.O.N)..(Sorry.)'

As the saying goes, with friends like these..

Carolyn