[HPforGrownups] Re: Truths in the Wizarding World

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 7240

Ebony said:

<<<Ah, you've been listening to Neil harp about Dumbledore's
two-facedness, have you?  :)  I don't think he's bad.  Just a
 marked wizard--he won't survive the canon, poor thing.>>>

Michelle cried, in an alarmed fashion:

<<<Dumbledore ? Two faced ?  What do you mean ?
Can somebody give me an idea where to find the relevant
post, please ?>>>

Oh no, no, no,no, NO!   There's a whole series of rambling messages from me
about Dumbledore *perhaps* not being as white as snow.  I was lightly
toasted, if not flamed, for even thinking such a thing.  Please, let's not
dredge up my sins...

***

Heidi said, in response to Ebony:

<<<I think this has to be correct. otherwise, why would anyone care if
the philosopher's stone could turn any metal into gold? (note: the PS
doesn't create it out of nothing, in the traditional mythology of the
stone - it turns "base metals" like bronze or even silver into gold
(question: could the PS turn platinum into gold, and since platinum
is more valuable, why would anyone want to?))

Silver isn't a base metal, is it?  I thought it was a precious metal.  I
guess platinum is also classed as a precious metal and is, therefore, exempt
from the influence of the stone.

Neil, who often makes something out of nothing.

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