One reporter reacts to JKR's revelations

[susanmcgee48176]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "sistermagpie" 
<sistermagpie at ...> wrote:
>
> > Del replies:
> 
> > The problem as I see it now, is that JKR did write all 
> > the HP books, but she did NOT include any gay character. 
> > In fact, she even described a WW in which only heterosexuality 
> > seems to exist. That's what is in the books. And then 
> > now, she turns around and says "oh, by the way, there's 
> > a gay character in there". Well, I just don't see this 
> > as fair to those who don't want to read books with 
> > gay characters. Instead of being upfront and giving those 
> > readers a choice, she made the choice for them. I mean, 
> > this is what it all ends up looking like: "come, 
> > come and read my books, there aren't any gay characters 
> > in them... OK, you're finished reading? Well now let 
> > me tell you: there IS a gay character. Aha, tricked you!"
> > Of course, I'm not saying that this was her *intent*, 
> > but I can understand why those readers are upset. 
> 
> 
> Magpie:
> But why would anyone think they had any actual right to read a book 
> with gay characters in them? That's a bit of an irrational idea, 
> isn't it? Nobody has a right to have warnings on the books about 
> whether it has a certain kind of character. There's a lot of things 
> in HP I wish I'd been warned about beforehand. Maybe I wouldn't 
have 
> read them if I'd heard them. But I don't think she did anything 
> strong by not warning about that. I mean, she didn't actually 
change 
> the character in the book at all, so it's hard for me to think of 
> somebody saying "But you made me read a gay character when I didn't 
> want to--and I didn't realize it!" by thinking maybe it's the 
reader 
> who ought to be rethinking their position. 
> 
> 
> -m
>


No Magpie, you are wrong...

There should be stickers...

WARNING: Gay or lesbian character within!

WARNING: References to the strange notion that lesbians and gays have 
existed forever, and deserve civil rights...

Kind of like the Surgeon General's warning about cigarettes and 
alcohol here in the United States.

Susan