Happy Holidays/Morality

[Debbie]

Debbie staggers into the Catalogue office, looking haggard and wild-
eyed, and wielding a machete.  The staffers look up,  "Vengeance is 
mine!" she shouts, the machete glinting in a shaft of sunlight as 
she waves it above her head.  
 
Fortunately, at that moment she is distracted by a strong -- and 
heavenly -- aroma of chocolate.  She slowly lowers the machete and 
stashes it in a corner, realizing that she has dropped in on the 
Catalogue Office Christmas Party.  

> Jen is beginning to smile. "Yes, a party."
> 
> "Rum balls, Kentucky Bourbon cake, champagne punch," Potioncat 
> suggests.
> 
> "Better set up a very big coffee maker," Ginger adds.

Debbie reaches into her inside jacket pocket and pulls out a 
slightly dented tin, and opens it up.
"Chocolate bourbon balls.  I made them myself.  They're my Christmas 
specialty."  She offers the tin around, helping herself to one of 
Dungrollin's chocolates.

"After weeks of wallowing in sin, immorality, vengeance and, of 
course, all those things that lead to foolish wand-waving, I really 
need some chocolate to chase the dementors away.  But," she said 
brightly, "I've got my final report right here:

Original count:  773.  Original/final counts per subcategory:
 
1.1.2    Morality vs. Immorality  335/136
1.1.2.1 Following/Breaking Rules 150/87
1.1.2.2 Responsibility   32/16
1.1.2.3 Respect/disrespect for authority 63/38
1.1.2.4 Rashness and Anger 125/41
1.1.2.5 Jealousy 104/50
1.1.2.6 Pride 34/19
1.1.2.7 Revenge 23/17
1.1.2.8 Justice 99/66
1.1.2.9 Contrition and Forgiveness 46/26

The main category now includes only general discussions of morality 
in the series and posts on one or another of the Seven Deadly 
Sins/Seven Heavenly Virtues that don't have their own subheads.  The 
others are self-explanatory; I generally removed all the Snape's 
Anger/Ron's Jealousy etc. posts unless they had a broader point to 
make.

"And, yes, it does add up to a bit more than 773.  I want to blame 
JKR's maths, but the real truth is that I kept shuffling posts 
around and having to review them again.  I think that calls for an 
extra chocolate," Debbie says, reaching into the chocolate box and 
the bourbon ball tin simultaneously.

Debbie
wishing everyone a very happy holiday