Harry Potter and God

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Nightbreed" <md at ...> wrote:

zanooda:
> I also really wish you stopped telling people what to criticize and what not
> to criticize, especially in a rude way. To you my objection is not
> constructive, but to me it is. And once more, the purpose of my post was not
> to complain an endless time about the heads. I was just asking not to show
> the heads to a person who is afraid that HP promotes witchcraft, that's all.
> It was an advice, nothing more. Don't pay so much attention to the signature
> line, it's usually just rambling... :-).
 
md:
> I most certainly did not tell anyone what to or to not criticize, I only
> implied that I felt the reactions in general to that specific thing that,
> while not intended by Rowling was pre-approved, not just okayed after, and
> that the idea that it was out of place in her world is an idea that's really
> up to her as it is her world. I also made sure to include that my opinions
> where my opinions.
> 
> I haven't been rude in any way, I'm sorry you've taken my comments that way.
> 
> Didn't realize people where so easily offended.

Geoff:
I think the problem is that when we are not face to face and can only 
interpret a person's views and feelings from their written comments, 
there is always a possibility that misunderstandings will occur.

I am not being rude (I hope) but you have a style of writing which is 
sometimes abrasive and quite curt. This can produce an impression 
of impatience and impoliteness.

There were occasions back in January when, in one of your previous 
OTC incarnations- as Cabal - there was a discussion on Shakespeare 
and whether a particular quote was attributable to him. I believe that 
I am fairly thick-skinned, having taught teenagers for over 30 years 
but once or twice, the wording of your replies grated with me and I felt 
that we, as a group supposedly joining in an amicable exchange of 
thoughts and views should be able to do so without ruffling other 
contributors' feathers.

The aim of this group, as I see it,  is not to score points off each other 
but to raise ideas which interest us and see whether others on the group 
view it in the same way. Since we are not tied down to the restrictions of 
canon, then each of us is entitled to hold our own view. 

Changing the subject completely, is there a reason why the headers on 
your replies differ and carry a lot more unwanted information than the 
regular ones?For example, I snipped about four lines of data from the 
top of your post before adding my reply to the bottom. Perhaps your ISP 
treats headers differently to usual?