On giving JKR a break (Was - photo vs. painting in magical world)

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 "Kirstini" <kirst_inn at y...> wrote:
> Aussie, trying vainly to stop my JKR-baiting, wrote:
> >>Give her a break ... You have to take some things with a grain of 
> salt. eg: If the Dursleys never took Harry anywhere growing up, how 
> did he learn to swim for the 2nd Tri-Wizard task? Answer: I don't 
> know and I don't care! JKR lets us explore another part of the 
> wizarding world by taking us underwater.>> 
> 
> But I don't want to give her a break! I'm having too much fun.
> If we all gave her a break, then we'd patiently sit back and wait
for 
> the next book to come out, and we'd accept everything she wrote 
> without question, and there wouldn't be any need for discussion 
> groups. 

madEYEmood wonders:
i will never understand why someone who joins a listserv dedicated to 
analysing a text to death and beyond bothers to contest the worth of
such an 
activity.

why oh why?