OOPostsinceReleaseDay -Maternity/Full Moon/Apologies/FawkesFeathers/Filch

[jmgarciaiii]

No: HPFGUIDX 66040

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince 
Winston)" <catlady at w...> wrote:
> s
> p
> o
> i
> l
> e
> r
> s
> p
> a
> c
> e

> I think it was Eileen Lucky_Kari who proposed the theory known as 
> Real Wizards Don't Apologize: the culture of the wizarding world 
is a 
> warrior culture, in which toughness rules the day. The values are 
all 
> about displaying courage and pride ('proper wizarding pride'), 
taking 
> vengeance, dying heroically: there was a comparison to Livian 
Rome. 
> They do NOT value pacifism, sensitivity to other people's 
feelings, 
> admitting that one might possibly be wrong. Thus, they find 
apologies 
> incredibly embarassing.

That's plausible, but seems awfully dysfunctional, IYAM. Perhaps 
wizardkind, in general, prefers to be in wrong than in doubt.

<shrug>

-Joe in SoFla