Prince of Lies/Talisman/Neville

arrowsmithbt arrowsmithbt at btconnect.com
Thu Feb 3 11:00:57 UTC 2005


--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "Talisman" <talisman22457 at y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Does this mean you believe Dumbledore's deepest heart's desire is a 
> pair of socks?
> 
> And, I have to agree with Carolyn's "dancing on a pin" comment here. 
> Not only is lying by ommission equivalent to lying by assertion, but 
> Dumbledore does plenty of both, to Harry or otherwise.
> 
> Rules that can't be broken and truth that must be told? Regarding a 
> series that demonstrates, book after book, not only the necessity, 
> but the desirability, of breaking rules and telling lies?  A bit too 
> much irony for me.
> 
> Lovely people though they are, Rowling Obviously Lies Like An 
> Inveterate Dumbledore (R.O.L.L.A.I.D.) and Dumbledore Obviously Lies 
> Like A Rug (D.O.L.L.A.R.).
> 
> Talisman

Ah. Um. 
Mostly I agree with you. However..... yes; possible, and it ties in with an
idea I was pushing a year or more back.

There could be a post in this..... on TOC of course.

Barry







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