SPOILERS. Re: JKR site update

[distaiyi]

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annegirl11 wrote:

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> So, this Petunia-DD letter thing! Interesting! Maybe Petunia did get an
> invitation letter to Hogwarts? Or maybe while Lily was in school,
she was
> invited to a school function like Family Day or something?

Or maybe just letters from the School regarding Harry, like w/ the
Flying Ford incident.

> I think this was an older question, but I noticed that Jo answered a q,
> "What is your advice for kids who are being bullied." Her answer is an
> emphatic, "TELL SOMEONE." So in regards to the "abuse" debate that's
been
> going on, it is apparently Jo's opinion that Harry was wrong not to tell
> anyone about Umbridge's detentions, and that Neville probably should
talk
> to someone about the anxiety Snape has been causing him. (BTW, I agree
> with the people who said that Harry isnt' being particularly abused by
> Snape, but Neville is.) It still irritates me, though, that the
Dursley's
> abuse is ignored and protected by the books.

The fact that Neville is afraid of Snape hardly amounts to abuse. And
what I recall of Snape's interaction with Neville is hardly different
from any other Gryffindor student must endure.

When it comes to "Harry" at home, given that this is his only home, I
think she is treading quite nicely the line between abuse and
disfunction and where a child needs to be removed from a home. He is
safe, clothed, and fed but not loved. There are lots of kids who are
far worse off who don't get taken out of their homes. If anyone here
can come up with a good, fair demarcation of when a child is abused
enough to be taken out of a home you'll go down in history... that
said, I believe the books deal with his life quite adequately at home,
but most of it dealt with in the first books as in later books he is
only there a very short time. Also JKR is removing Harry from the
environment more and more by having the Weasley's come get him earlier
and earlier... too bad they're in for their own world of hurt in book
6/7 (IMHO).

Thanks for reading this poor fan's opinions.
distaiyi