ADMIN: Clarification re: Inflammatory Posts

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 20040

Hi --

I'm working on very little sleep these days, so if my previous post was
not entirely clear, I apologize.  My point is: debates about the
sexuality of various HP characters is on-topic and perfectly fine with
me.  Debates about the morality/immorality of homosexuality in general
is *Off-Topic.*

If members (including Joe) want to debate the issue of whether any slash
pairing of the HP characters is possible, that's fine by me.

Haggridd wrote:

> 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.

I see your point in general Hagridd, but I do think you should qualify
statements like above with "In my opinion."  JKR is the only one who can
tell us definitively what her authorial intent is with respect to these
books.  We are all merely interpretative readers, with a variety of
opinions.

> It doesn't help the situation to write it off with a "can't you take a
> joke?" smugness.

I'm sorry you interpreted my message yesterday as smugness.  I simply
thought it was wise to remind everyone that Susan's post was a joke and
not a truth (or even a viable rumor).  There were several posts by
members who seemed to have taken her message as other than a joke, and I
simply wanted to clarify that in case Susan didn't step in and do this
herself for a few hours or even days.

I honestly cannot even believe that her post has sparked this much
controversy.  Ann Arbor seems to me to be an unlikely venue for an
impromptu book reading by JKR.  Then again, I am clearly sleep-deprived
at the moment.

Penny



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