The Weasleys Not @ MOM

[Arya]

No: HPFGUIDX 83368

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Richard" <darkmatter30 at y...> 
wrote In response to the Where Were the Weasleys thread:

> In the end, though, we will never know where they were, what they 
> were doing, or why, unless JKR tells us.  But until she does, there 
> is no reason to suppose a Flint or an inconsistency is to be found in 
> their absense, and ample room is available for relatively baseless 
> speculation.
> 
> 
> Richard

Me:
Richard-- the entire point of this list *is* for our own continual speculations  
and just because you find a specualtion without merit for questioning, does 
not mean it is "baseless".  In fact, a *anything* is possible unless canon can 
prove it untrue.  In my opinion, picking up on small details and asking why 
about them and then pulling, pulling, pulling that thread is exactly how we can 
flush out red herrings and conjure up larger, more complex theories.  

Sorry, maybe I am just overreacting, but when I read your post, I thought you 
were dismissing it out of hand and then it sounded like you were criticizing the 
thread for existing in the first place.  

Arya