Let's be fair! (second attempt)

[Ebony]

No: HPFGUIDX 8315

Wanted to just drop in and wish everyone a Happy New Year, but...

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, DrMM <drmm at f...> wrote:
> I think you have stated this wonderfully.  I am afraid that I was 
> distinctly misinterpreted by Ebony.  I was not attempting to 
belittle those of you who choose to become deeply invested in the 
romance debate.  However, I think there is a time at which the debate 
becomes meaningless; when both sides become so invested in their own 
point of view that no one is going to change it.  That's why the 
debate becomes pointless to me.  And I was attempting to state that 
*I* choose to not fully participate in it in order to avoid taking it 
personally myself and keep others from taking it personally.


I think the Number of Students debate is meaningless.  The numbers 
are "set-pieces" and do not affect the plot.  Every time it gets 
dredged up I think "here we go again".  

Others hate the endless posts on merchandising.

Still others do not like the posts on casting.

A few expressed displeasure about speculating about whether or not 
characters are gay or not.

When most of the list "chooses to not fully participate in (a thread) 
in order to avoid taking it personally (themselves) and keep others 
from taking it personally"... they do not respond at all.

> * Note - this was my polite response.  I wrote a distinctly 
irritated response (read: rant) which I posted on my personal weblog 
> (http://www.fuuko.com/blog/).  If you would like to view it, please 
do so.  Just be aware that it is a rant and if you have any comments 
(read: hate mail) on it, respond to me personally.  
 *~*~*~*~*~*

Hate mail?  :::goggles:::  Over fictional characters?  Sorry, no 
offense... but not interested.

--Ebony