Analysis and HP4GU (was Re: On Respect and Kindness)

[Sofie Campbell]

No: HPFGUIDX 23483

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., meboriqua at a... wrote:
> 
> My main point amidst all this babbling is to SKIP what you don't 
>want to read.  Remember what Dumbledore said about our choices?  We 
do not have to read every post and we do not have to correct every 
>person.  
> So there.
> 
> --jenny from ravenclaw***********************

I would just like to applaud Jenny for saying this. I'm a relative 
newbie, I joined at the end of June, I think. At first I only lurked 
or answered posts but recently I've had the courage to post my own 
ideas and you've all been extremly nice about finding things you 
agreed with. I felt extremly nervous disagreeing with some of you 
more established nitpickers because as a non-adult (aged 17 but 
mature, I think, for it.)I was worried, that as I've seen happen, my 
ideas would get ripped to shreds (though Steve still scares me 
slightly! Mainly because his knowledge of the canon is extensive, I 
dread a 'because it says so in the book' post about one of my ideas). 

The only thing that has bothered me is that sometimes people have 
obviously thought very hard about a reply for a topic and it is just 
ignored. On one occssion I replied to a certain post, adding some of 
my own ideas to the end. But no-one responded so I cut that section 
and made it a new post and then got several replies. So I'd like to 
make the point that just because a thread has being going on for a 
while it doesn't mean that latecomers adding their views don't have 
just as valid ideas as those who said their piece first.

Sofie, Gryffindor.

I apologise for any spelling mistakes or grammatical mistakes but 
it's midnight and I've had a long day!