ADMIN: Please Ignore Inflammatory Posts

[Haggridd]

No: HPFGUIDX 20031

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer <pennylin at s...> 
wrote:
> Hi --
> 
> The Moderators have responded to Joe off-list.  Please do not 
respond to
> this thread of conversation.  It's Off-Topic and has a strong 
potential
> to devolve into a flame war or a very heated discussion at the very
> least.
> 
> Thanks --
> 
> Penny
> The Moderator Team

Penny, I know that you have a thankless and an almost impossible
task, but I think that you did not act impartially in this matter.  
JKR did not write a slash fic, and anyone who sees such in the books 
is indulging in wishful thinking, at best. Why is Joe's response any
more inflammatory than the twisting of the HP canon into something it 
was never intended to be?  It doesn't help the situation to write it 
off with a "can't you take a joke?" smugness.  The HP books are most 
carefully crafted to achieve their effect, I think we would all
agree. It does no good to defecate in the baptismal font, 
metaphorically, and then tell the parishioners to "lighten up."  This 
is by no means a dfense of homophobia.  However, respect for the
other guys point of view runs in both directions.  I will add no more 
fuel to this fire, but I had to have my say, for what it's worth.

Haggridd