One reporter reacts to JKR's revelations

[Tonks]

> Magpie:
> I don't think I'll ever get this, because I don't get what they're 
> losing by not listening to Dumbledore. What is he saying that's so 
> important that they woudl put into practice that they can't get if 
> they don't want to listen to him because he's gay? Couldn't she 
just as easily have blown it when she revealed him to be as 
imperfect as he was in DH?
> 
> It just seems like you're starting with this premise that 
Dumbledore is changing the world here and then it all ends because 
she said he was gay just when everybody was ready to fix all the 
problems of the world. All I can see is she's got this series of 
books that are popular but really don't say anything particularly 
noteworthy at all, 

Tonks:
If you don't see the teachings, you don't see them. What can I say. 
A lot of people don't see the Christian symbols either, but they are 
there. 

Rowling is in a unique position. No other book, except possible the 
Christian bible, has been read by so many people in every county. 
The Christian symbolism aside, there are major teachings in the 
series. Some are obvious and some are not. Children read these 
books. Children around the world. These books are in libraries in 
American schools where Christian books can not go. These books are 
being read by the young people who at an age where they can open 
mindedly take in the ideas. This is why, in Iran, some objected to 
the HP books on the grounds that they were brainwashing children to 
Western ideas. But the sensors read them and passed them as OK. That 
was before DD’s outing. Think of it in terms of WWII, instead of 
Radio Free Europe, we have the HP books. They slip the ideas in 
under the disguise of entertainment.  How are children indoctrinated 
into any ideas that they will hold later in life? Sometimes their 
parents, their religion, their culture, and often because they have 
read something that presents ideas that are different than what 
their parents, religion, and culture have tired to instill in them. 
Now I hear you thinking, well then it is good that DD is gay. No it 
isn’t, if the books do not get past the sensors, be it government, 
school or parents.