Harry's eyes

[mlle_bienvenu]

No: HPFGUIDX 77500

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, catportkey at a... wrote:
> > Harry may have his mother's eyes in shape and color, but the poor
> > kid inherited the poor eyesight from Dad!
> > Yet, the question remains ... is there no cure?
> 
> YES.
> 
> > And if Harry went to a muggle for glasses, do wizards go to 
> > specialists for their eyes?  
> 
> YES.
> 
> > Do they purchase them at Lenswizards?  
> 
> YES.
> 
> > And are the frames as expensive as muggle frames?
> 
> NO. Eye glasses are the consummate RIP OFF. $350 for some wire and a
> couple pieces of pastic; please.
> 
> > Come to think of it, Harry probably got his glasses from Muggle 
> > Lenscrafters - - they keep on breaking.  Wizard glasses are 
probably
> > unbreakable. 
> > 
> > Pook
> 
> bboy_mn:
> You are aware, or perhaps not, that muggle can cure nearsightedness.
> There is a method developed decades ago called the Bates method.
> developed by William Bates. It is a proven method for curing
> neardsightedness.
> 
> So why don't we muggles us it? 
> 
> Why, because we are a society driven by commerce. There is no money 
to
> be made in curing people. Especially, when those people can go home
> and cure themselves after a few consultations, and there is nothing 
to
> prevent those people from passing the information on to their 
friends
> free of charge. 
> 
> Search Google for 'Bates Method' and you'll find hunderds of sites 
on
> this subject.
> 
> I suspect wizards can cure many vision problems, afterall, most 
vision
> problems are just a change in the shape of the eyeball that prevents
> the eye lense from sharply focusing on the retina. Magically forcing
> the eyeball back into shape can't be that hard. 
> 
> But ask yourself this, why does Dumbledore still have a scar on his
> knee? Why does Dumbledore still have a broken nose? Certainly those
> could be fixed. I think partly it is because, they are battle scars,
> momentos and signs of past experience. You see a scared and broken
> wizard (Moody) and you respect him because you know that this is a
> person who has been many place, seen many things, and has much life
> experience. 
> 
> As far as most glasses we see, I get the sense that they are reading
> glasses, it seems like I remember Dumbledore frequently looking over
> the top of his glasses. As far as the eyes in general, Dumbledore is
> +150 years old; wizards live and die, they are not immortal. Their
> bodies do deteriorate with time, and apprently that normal
> deterioratoin can not be completely undone. Wizard, like all living
> things, eventually run out of time.
> 
> There is also a vanity aspect of it. I think to some extent, the
> presents of glasses enhances a wizard's or witches' appearance of
> 'wisdom' and intelligence. Don't we automatically associate glasses
> with Nerds?
> 
> Just a few thoughts.
> 
> bboy_mn

Mlle Bienvenu (Me): I would like to point out that not all types of 
nearsightedness can be cured and that it's not always about the 
cynical capitalist conspiracy you paint. I am very nearsighted. In 
fact, I'm so nearsighted, that I am legally considered blind (think 
Mr. Magoo).  If Harry's eye problem is related to retinal damage, 
then it is incurable by the Bates method. (Although I'm sure it works 
for those with eye shape problems) When they can cure that class of 
nearsightedness, they can make paraplegics walk and deaf people hear 
as well. If you haven't got enough functioning rods and cones to see 
clearly, you just don't have enough to see...

Heh...sorry for going off like that...I guess you just touched a 
nerve...^_^ Lol...

Mlle Bienvenu -who agrees that glasses are WAY too expensive in 
proportion to the raw materials used :)-