OOP: The unknown power

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 119060


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Juli <jlnbtr at y...> wrote:
> 
> > Ignatia_wildfire wrote:
> > > I think it was obvious from the way Dumbledore
> > > spoke - I believe the power Harry has that
> > > Voldemort will never have is LOVE...
> > 
> Christopher replied:
> > I've said this before, and I'll say it again: I
> > really, really hope not.  If that were so, it 
> > would make the series fake, Disneylike, cartoonish, 
> > trite, cliche, and so forth.

Juli-:
> I have to agree with Christopher, I'd hate if this
> power turned out to be love, it's just tacky and
> corny, like a children story, say Cinderella, The 3
> Little Bears and so many others. I know HP is a
> children's book and everything, but I think they're
> beyond that. 

Geoff:
Depends what you mean by "love". We've had similar discussions 
before. If you mean sentimental sloppy love as in pop songs, which I 
doubt is really love, then I agree. 

But if the power is "agape", the deep, unselfish, sacrificial love 
which is at the heart of cration, then I beg to differ. It all comes 
back to the fact that the English word "love" is a catch all for 
everything from "liking" to "lust". It's a pity we can't follow the 
Greek and have a number of words.