Difficulty of communication on the Internet/ was JK Rowling on CBC News

[bdclark0423]

> Tonks:
> lol .. welcome to OT, where we even get so far OT that we get off
> the 'Off Topic' topic... and on and on.
>
> I have to confess that I do have that dry satirical humor that you
> mentioned, but I was born in the U.S.
>


bdclark0423

Hey, someone took off the old topic so we're no longer off-topic but off
the OT topic off oOtqOOfTOToFFF or whatever...

Anway, yes Tonks, i can tell your US born, and I noticed your humor
immediately, but I remember now why I wrote that last noveletta to ALLA

Americans and Brits are, of course, sister countries (although England
still things they're the mother country) and a comment like 'you bloody
wanka, you don'ave enough sense t' go t'a'shrink now do'ya? isn't
technically a slam since the British are known for avoiding psychologist
are what have you.  It's more of a friendly jib like pooking fun at a
friend for a characteristic he's known for.  I was able to find the
following to sort of desribe what a Brit is to be considered, it a post
card with pictures on it so I'll just copy this link: 
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/perfect2.jpg
<http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/perfect2.jpg>

So while it's saying one thing, the picture is displaying not the quite
same, and so quite adequately is demonstrating the subtle wit that is
common with British humor.  You'll notice that there are jabs at their
fellow statesmen.  So it is with Americans and Canadians.  I work for
Global Company, so my co-workers are Candadian, Argentinean, Irish,
South African, Australian, etc.  and not sure how it is in other
language beside English and Spanish but it is common to tease the other
countries with stereotypes  i.e. I tell by canadian buds all the time,
why don't you go drink some molsen, eat some maple syrup, and knock your
teeth out by playing hockey.  Obviously not all canadians do this (like
the pregnant ones) but it's a generalization none-the-less and it's not
really politically correct to say.  In fact, it would be worse than
saying what Tonks said and that was  is all universal for the woman
unless she is a lesbian, because this comment is describing a
psychological model based on the psychosomatic school of thought in
which she uses as a tool in her line of work.

Tonks is not saying the has a problem with JKR because she is/ is not
lesbian, she's not saying all non-lesbian must follow this universal
model.  (S)he is not saying anything directly towards a specific group
with an intended social agenda.  The cultural comments I made in
previous paragraph and some of the things Jannett says are, though.

Once I again, this discussion was originally based on the interview
where JKR admits she's depressed and through her own therapy of
creating literature, we see a lot of Harry being created – a phoenix
from the flame, if you will.  Tonks views were only to start a
discussion on theories and speculation, but others didn't recognize
that, but I will leave you with the following:

> Tonks_op

>You can agree with me or not, but I am just telling you what it
>looks like from my professional POV. Of course, I can not know for
>sure since I have not discussed the matter with her personally. I
>can not see her non-verbal messages regarding her father, hear what
>her view of God is, etc. It is just a speculation at this point, a
>hypothesis.
>
>Tonks_op





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