JK Rowling on CBC Newsworld tonight

[bdclark0423]

> Magpie:
> I thought Janette's wasn't so much claiming that British people
> never went to therapy, but rejecting the idea that we could assume
> she'd been to therapy because she had money, because therapy wasn't
> as common in the UK as in the US. (Actually, if I were to think JKR
> went to a therapist ever it wouldn't be because she had money but
> because she's suffered from depression--but I've no idea if she ever
> did or not.)
>
> -m
>


bdclark0423

Yes, my family is from US, but they were originally from Britain, so
what Janette said actually made me laugh, I could see my grandfather
doing the same thing because of the whole British attitude.  So, I saw
this somewhat as a slam on British culture and totally enjoyed her
comparison BUT you must admit using terminology such as bigotry and
half-baked theories does make what Jannett was trying to say a little
bit more on the offensive side.  But then she flat out wishes someone
ill fortune `I hope Tonks does not have too many clients'  well
this can be considered same as `I hope you loose your job because of
your beliefs'

So just as Tonks makes some generalizing remarks, so does Janett.  Now
do you understand the contradictory message?



So, um
..



What was this post about again
..?



Oh yeah, the interview with JKR.



Tonks, in a rather dry humoursly manner, submitted her thoughts on the
article and since the article only hints on psychological reasons why
Harry was born, and how all the other emotional pressures she was
experiencing at that time pretty much helped JKR deal with things and
work her why back into the light through the use of her literary
skills—and this is one of the best forms of therapy, so hopefully
for us, she won't go to therapy, but just write more books.

But article gives the reader barely a skeletal background, and so Tonks
is just providing her theories to some of the passages.  And the
signature alone tells you that this really is no big deal.

Tonks_op
who thinks that JKR is a great writer, who secretly wants to be a
serial killer. This way she has the best of all possible worlds.
Kills them all off and gets paid for it too. And no jail time. ;-)

Unfortunately, some of the terms used immediately cause emotional
responses in people automatically and now, here we are talking about how
US people are so neurotic that even their psychologists are neurotic,
but in UK, people don't care, just as long as they've got new
shoes on their feet <g>

bdclark0423

But seriously, it's funny....








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