Harry Potter for GROWN-UPS (was Parenting Harry (was: Re: I don't like him much)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 120118


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mcmaxslb" <McGregorMax at e...> 
wrote:
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "delwynmarch" 
> <delwynmarch at y...> wrote:
 
mcmaxslb:
> > " And I think I now have a handle on all you Snape lovers, you 
were 
> in
> > all probably bullies just like Snape and you enjoy seeing Harry 
> being
> > bullied. Takes you back to your school days when you were hurting
> > people doesn't it?"
 
Del:
> > Insulting people who think differently, and seeing things in
> > black-and-white are typical of kids and teenagers, not grown-
ups...
 
mcmaxslb:
> That paragraph is really hitting home, isn't it?

Geoff:
I have no axe to grind on this matter. I have commented very 
occasionally in the past that I have never particularly liked Snape 
and for that reason, I tend to ignore threads involving deep analysis 
of our "friend".

However, in belonging to this group for some considerable time [since 
message 73361 to be exact:-)], I have found that, in general, most 
posters are reasonably polite in their disagreements; there is the 
odd outburst but we tolerate the fact that we all have our own take 
on the books but it is JKR who dictates how far we shall be proved 
right or wrong.

When I was at school, it was suggested to us that the person who 
resorts to personal insults was the person losing the argument. I 
hope that mcmaxslb's comments were an uncharacteristic and momentary 
lapse of netiquette.