[HPFGU-Feedback] Re: More About TBAY

[tiamik72 at katie_wible.yahoo.invalid]

<In a message dated 12/4/2003 7:41:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
<msbeadsley at ... writes:
<But I *suspect* that a 
<large part of what bothers some people about TBAY is that it *is* 
<whimsical. As in, maybe, it's bad enough to be so involved in a 
<series of *children's books* without also having the added 
<embarrassment of admitting (even to oneself) that one is spending 
<large chunks of time somewhere people dare to be *silly* in their fun 
<with it. (Ring any bells, anyone?)
Umm, no offense, but why would anyone even think that. Most people that self 
concious would never pick up a Harry Potter book in the first place, let alone 
join an internet group devoted entirely to it. That has nothing to do with 
being annoyed with TBAY. I bet half the people on this list still watch Saturday 
morning cartoons and read other fantasy books. 

Its just the genre that we are annoyed with. Just like some people cannot 
watch horror films and others can't stand romance. Its just a personal 
preference. Honestly, if these people were that self conscious, they would have been 
offended by JK's description of a muggle, and would have put the book down then 
and there. 

    TBAY just makes some people gag, and they cannot help it, that's just the 
way they are. I also feel that if a person who has too long of a post 
containing only canon is not allowed to post, or that it should be moved elsewhere, 
then so should TBAY. 

Personally I do not want it to be moved, you can just suck it up and skip it. 
Its just that no one should say that the reason somebody does not like TBAY 
is because they have a lousy sense of humour, or because they have issues. 

Katie
sorry if I sounded nasty, but that is not called for.


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