Out-Posts

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Caius Marcius" <coriolan at ...> wrote:

CMC:
> Has anyone else noticed at HP4GU-OT is now getting more posts than the 
> main group? (as of this point, 205 vs. 176 over the last week).  
> 
> I suppose that's inevitable as the speculative posts that took up so 
> much of HP4GU no longer need to be written.

Geoff:
Well, if you take me as an example (perish the thought), I've been posting 
a lot more on OT because we can cover a wider field - and also lighten 
things up a bit.

I have to admit that I have been getting increasingly fed up with Main. 
Some of the threads are going on interminably with two or more sides 
going round in circles and repeating their arguments. And everybody is 
getting so serious... this is fiction, chaps! We can't have members hitting 
each other round the head with virtual Bludgers in cyberspace; it's just not on.

I wish some folk would take an 'agree to disagree' line and let go of the 
topic. I'm not saying that any particular view is the norm for the group 
but we are not going to bring people to agree with us by constant 
repetition.

I think that, by now, we must all have decided on our attitude to DH. 
Views on its impact range from splendiferous to ghastly and all 
stations in between. And I would expect no less than that. 

In general terms, I like the book and the series 'warts and all'. There 
are some things which are missing or I would like to have happened 
differently. But that is so with, say, LOTR and Narnia. And with real life 
also... ?

Right. now do I expect a shower of flak? Shall I ask Kreacher whether 
he 'might' bring me a sandwich or would a tin hat be a better request? 
Or perhaps I should log off.... hmm, that could sound rather improper 
in the context.

With apologies to Steve, just my thoughts...