[HPforGrownups] Re: What is Canon?

[Eileen]

No: HPFGUIDX 55831

Katy, 

Forgive me for giving my answer in the form of
replacing a few words in your original question. I
think you'll best see what I mean that way. 

FICTIONAL EXAMPLE:
> Again i must ask, WHY NOT? Nobody has
> given me a good reason thus far as
> to WHY we should refute facts retrieved
> from objects other than Melville's "Moby Dick"
> if they do not contradict what is in
> Moby Dick! 
AND
> Here's one good reason why we SHOULD
> accept as fact (or "canon"): Moby Dick,
> however long, only has a certain number of pages.
> You read it and what then?
> What else will we have to turn to
> to satiate our thirst for
> Ahab-knowledge? I'll tell you -
> OTHER licensed sources. I don't know
> about you, but it would thrill me to
> learn more facts now that Melville's
> book is complete. 

Eileen, who loves Moby Dick and Harry Potter as literature

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