Pensieve (was Re: James the Berk?)

[aggiepaddy]

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> Amber: 
 I don't think a memory is 
> > objective. If you think about it logical way it can't be.  


> Del replies :
> But if, as you say, our emotions modify the memory to start with, if
> the memory is not objective because we've tainted it with our 
emotions
> right from the beginning, then what's the point of trying to look at
> it objectively later ?

Aggie:
Hi! I think that you both have very valid points.  Amber is right, a 
person's memory IS subjective, tainted by the emotions that flow 
through it.  However, Del is also right, what is the point of trying 
to look at something objectively if it's blurred by subjectiveness 
already?!

I believe that the pensieve allows the person to 'see' the scene in 
an objective light.  Somehow, don't ask how we are talking magic 
here, it manages to detach the emotional aspect of the memory and 
just shows the facts, like a video recording.  Now the facts can be 
argued over, as some of us have been doing (haven't we Del ;o))  but 
IMHO I think the pensieve's view is a true one not contaminated by 
emotion.