JKR didn't say "No: was re: Life-saving bonds

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 94669

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "naamagatus" <naama_gat at h...> 
wrote:
> 
> When JKR said "I don't think so", she knows (as anyone would who is 
> an English speaker) that it's immediately interpreted as "as far as 
I 
> know, no." So, if she said it and Snape *is* a vampire, then she 
> deliberately tried to create a false impression with the 
> participants; which is to lie. (In dictionary.com I found two 
> definitions of lying, the seocnd one being: "Something meant to 
> deceive or give a wrong impression.")
> In Bobby's Mum case, the lie is justified, but in JKR's case? She 
> could easily have chosen not to answer that question at all. In any 
> case, we simply have to assume that she doesn't lie, or we can't 
take 
> any of her answers seriously. 
> 
> BTW, her answer didn't at all strike me as evasive. It's the kind 
of 
> thing you say, while raising your eyebrows - when a suggestion is 
> very very far from making sense. That was how it "sounded" to me 
the 
> moment I read it. 
> 
> 
> 
> Naama


Oh, I also prefer to think that JKR does not lie in her interviews. 
She is evasive, quite often yes, but so far I don't remember her 
telling ouutright lie.

Nevertheless, don't you think that in this case she may not have had 
much choice, if there is a link between Snape and vampires.

Question was  straightforward enough. So, if she chooses not to 
answer, it is basically admission on her part that there is a link 
somewhere.

So, I think cover-up is possible here ( not very likely, mind you, 
but possible. :o)

Alla