Trelawney, Divination, and Seers

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 21339

Hi everyone --

dfrankis at dial.pipex.com wrote:
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> MacGonagall affirms the reality of some form of prediction when she
> says True Seers are very rare.

I'm curious to know what others think. David has made the same point
that Richard Abanes made in a footnote in his book, HP & the Bible
(which I did recently review on amazon.com).  In my review, I stated
that I thought it was clear that McGonagall (and Rowling) was being
sarcastic, ironic.  I think she's saying "very rare" in the sense of
"non-existent."  Would some of our British members care to comment?  It
seems to me to be another example of British dry humor rather than any
sort of affirmation that there are *any* "Seers."  Thoughts?

<snip lots of other great observations about divination & Seers by
David>

Penny