Should Harry have told on DJU? (was Re: Harry as last DADA teacher?)

[Susan]

No: HPFGUIDX 100562


> Dzeytoun wrote:
> > Well, I can't really agree with this fully.  I myself am only one 
> > year younger than you (37 on June 15), and as I said I think 
Harry 
> > was being an idiot.  Any teacher trying that with me would have 
> been 
> > in court so fast her/his head would have been spinning. 
*snip*
  However, I 
> > must admit that I have always found the "suffer in silence" 
> attitude 
> > to be baffling in the extreme,> > 

> Now Ginger (again):
> Well, that shoots my generations theory. Geoff earlier alluded to 
it 
> being a British thing.  I can see that as being in line with the 
> stereotypical "stiff upper lip" that the British are known for.  
> 
>  In a lot of ways, 
> similar to the stiff upper lip.  Harry, being British, didn't 
strike 
> me as out of charactor for the way he acted.  He just seemed 
> British.  Now I realize that this is a stereotype, and there are 
> probably a lot of British folks who would have headed straight to 
> DD.  Harry, with his Dursley upbringing, seems the type to take it 
as 
> a challenge.
> 
>> 
> Personally, I didn't suffer in silence, I fought back.  It served 
me 
> well in later years.  I'm sure your experience has served you 
well.  
> I am not afraid to fight, and you are not afraid to stand up for 
> yourself.  We both came out for the better, but what has Harry 
> learned from the experience?  That's the question that may make or 
> break him in the future.
> 
> Especially with his last interview with DD, he has set himself up 
to 
> be untrusting.  Considering that he started out that way, he is in 
> for a real headache should he bite off more than he can chew 
> (again).  Only time will tell.
> 
> Ginger, who has still not mastered her fear of car washes.

Susan (teilani):
Perhaps this is another reference to JKR liking Pink Floyd?
"Quiet desperation is the English way..."
;-)