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[bdclark0423]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)"
<catlady at ...> wrote:
>
> bdclark wrote in
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/35746>:
>
> << Someone we're both familiar with reminds us of this power: 'The
> fear of a name, only increases the thing for itself' >>
>
> And lack of fear of the name gets you caught by the Taboo and captured
> by the DE Ministry (it's hard to distinguish between them at that
> point). I keep wondering if the Taboo were already in effect during
> Vold War I, and was responsible for so many members of the Order of
> the Phoenix (trained by DD not to fear a name) being killed.
>
> I hope not. Despite DD's flaws, I think he's good enough at magic to
> have detected the Taboo, and I hate to think he'd throw his followers'
> lives away for something that didn't even advance his plans.
>
> Carol

bdclark:

I think this was taken a little bit out of context.  Yes, I did quote
Hermione regarding Voldermort, but the concept is still the same here
and I never meant to go into the direction of the taboo created in
Deathly Hallows.

A word is a word is a word.  We humans give meaning to those
words
.so as an infant, you see the red hot light of the stovetop
and as you try to reach out and touch it, Mom yells `NO! HOT! Burn,
Burn, Burn!'  The child, most likely will test that out, touch it
and discover that it is HOT, and that it burns, and that is causes pain.

So
.when the child is playing at Grandma's house, and is a
little close to the out-dated radiator, Mom starts to yell, NO! HOT!
Burn, Burn, Burn!

What is that child going to imagine?

The red hot light?  The fact that Mom is yelling? The pain associated
with the last time there was the same warning given?

The fear is increased by only mentioning the name itself.

The human psyche is very complex, but we tend to make associations
sometimes, that may not actually be correct, but occur nonetheless. If
we put fear into a name (like fearing the evil power of Voldemort) or
prejudice (like all poofters wear purple robes) etc, we only increase
our cognizant understanding of that word, rather than trying to really
get to know it
.

(You tell me we're having seafood tonight, all I can think about are
those nasty, improperly cooked fish-sticks I was served in elementary
school, and I find some way to fill my belly with something else)

Best,

bdclark0423



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