Bothered by JKR likening Harry's trials to the caged disabled Czech kids

[pippin_999]

Dumbledad:
> 
> I agree, I wasn't questioning her logic, more her taste. No that's 
the wrong word. Her grip on reality. No that's wrong too. There's 
just something that makes me very uneasy about comparing 
real-world suffering to a character in a kids' book as a way of 
illustrating just how bad the real suffering must be.
> 

Hmmm. I don't think that's what she was trying to do. It wouldn't 
be like JKR to trivialize anyone's suffering. I think she was trying 
to harness some of the indignation that people express on 
Harry's behalf--look how many main list posts have there been 
expressing outrage that the Dursleys and Snape treat Harry so 
badly. JKR must get ten times that in her mailbag every day.

 Wouldn't it be nice to expend some of that energy on behalf of 
some real children who need help?

Pippin
going to find out what she can do