The 'Other' in the HP books (was: Harry's Sexual Preference SHIP) - LONG

[two_flower2]

No: HPFGUIDX 80947

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jwcpgh" <jwcpgh at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sarcasticmuppet" 
> <sarcasticmuppet at y...> wrote:
> > If she [JKR]did, she would lose me as a fan.  If she decides for the sake 
> > of being a superhero to include gay characters or liberals or 
> > abortionists or hippies it would mean she cares more about her 
> > contingency than she does about this story which she has been babying 
> > for over a decade.
> 
> Laura:
> 
> Well, gee, sarcasticmuppet, then I guess you may as well stop reading 
> now.  I believe that in trying to start a liberation movement, 
> Hermione would qualify as both a liberal and even a hippie, since 
> freedom, dignity and equality of all people are basic tenets of their 
> philosophies.  In fact, you might be suspicious of JKR herself-she's 
> showing definite anti-authoritarian tendencies...
> 
> If you don't approve of homosexuality, liberalism, abortion or 
> hippies (whatever it is you mean by that) and want to flame about it, 
> I'd suggest respectfully that this list is not the place for that.  I 
> find your gratuitous comments offensive.


Laura, I think you might have missed sarcasticmuppet's point. I take 
it, she (he?) just meant that putting characters in a book just for 
the sake of making a political statement, showing diversity or being 
politically correct is bad for the story.  And I agree.  Although I 
am not anti-gay, anti-hippie ... or anti-abortionist, for that matter.

Two2