Hogwarts' teachers, Dark Lord prophecy, and Donkey 'Dong'

[Dina Lerret]

I'm reading over some comments from a week ago and going WTF?!

First, there's reference to Mugglenet(?) having a supposed(?) comment by
JKR where the only teachers who *usually* (e.g. POA stated otherwise) stay
at Hogwarts during Christmas holidays are Hagrid, Filch, and Dumbledore.

Err, I guess Binns doesn't count because he's dead?  Plus, whazzup with
Trelawny?  Dumbledore was adament that she not leave Hogwarts (OOTP)
probably because of her knowledge of the Dark Lord prophecy.  Rather
defeats the purpose of protection to have her taking holiday trips to who
knows where.

Another one is the belief the prophecy undermines the theme of 'our
choices make us who we are'.  Harry still has a choice: Does he want to be
a corpse sooner or later?  I'd consider that a choice. {g}  All of us
consider that question and most choose the 'later' option, thus, we go
through steps to maintain our bodies for as long as possible.

I'm bad about rambling but some 'essays' really could use a 'digest' version.

The irony of the prophecy is how it almost becomes self-fulfilling in the
sense that if Voldemort hadn't got wind of it and *chose* to believe it,
events could've been different.

And just to make sure I'm off-topic, something vaguely amusing but still
in the 'WTF' category:
http://amsam.org/2004/11/donkey-dick-cheney-confirmed.html


Dina