MAGIC DISHWASHER (TBAY INTRO): Spying Game Philosophy - The Phoenix must die!

[laylalast]

No: HPFGUIDX 81024

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "grannybat84112" 
<grannybat at h...> wrote:
> bluesqueak wrote:
> 
> <a mind-blowing piece of meta-analysis that culminated in
> > 
> > Voldemort must be beaten. But `merely taking your life' is not 
> > enough. ...not only must 
> > he  be defeated, but that what he stands for must be defeated. 
Must 
> > believe it so wholeheartedly that they will eventually be 
prepared 
> > to let their entire society be changed beyond recognition if 
only  
> > it will defeat Voldemort.
> > A phoenix is a symbol of rebirth. But what is often forgotten is 
> > that before it is reborn, it dies in fire. 
> >
> > [A minor note: the plot of CoS revolves around attacks on 
> >muggle-
> > borns because of their blood. Dumbledore stands by and lets it 
> > happen in the hope that the resulting battle can destroy the 
menace 
> > of the basilisk for once and all. No wonder JKR said that CoS  
> > nearly gives it all away]
> 
> I'm one of the thousands of deep-lurkers on HP4Gu who rarely 
> surfaces. But I just had to come up from the depths to say...
> 
> Amazing.
> 
> This essay deserves immediate enshrinement in Fantastic Posts and 
> Where to Find Them.
> 
> Suddenly everthing makes sense.
> 
> Bravo, Bluesqueak.
> 
> Dawn

Lilian:

To which I say: amen!

Always've been a fan since I discovered the MAGIC DISHWASHER thread 
but now outright supporter.