[HPforGrownups] Re: House elves and holidays

[Samaporn Teeravechyan]

No: HPFGUIDX 16782

At 12:43 AM 4/15/01, you wrote:

>>I was completely on her side and was even a bit disappointed with *gasp*
>>Harry for not backing her more.

>I too was slightly surprised at Harry's seeming lack of concern, but then,
he 
>*is* the only character who has actually liberated a house elf!  

I wasn't really surprised at Harry's relative lack of enthusiasm at
Hermione's crusade. Don't most of us agree that there are injustices that
need correcting, and yet when offered an opportunity to take an aggressive
stance on the issue, we simply beg other pressing concerns and back out?
Perhaps we are just relunctant to commit ourselves on the issue, or stand
up and take a relatively extreme position compared to that of others? Or
maybe it's just me ...

Samaporn


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