The Hand of Glory

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 115341


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ladyramkin2000"
<ladyramkin2000 at y...> wrote:
> 

> I was surprised to read this quote from the Scholastic Chat of 
> October 2000:
> "Occasionally I will use something that people used to believe was 
> true - for example, the Hand of Glory which Draco gets from Borgin & 
> Burkes in The Chamber of Secrets."
> 
> But Draco DIDN'T get the Hand, ...edited...
> 
> Sylvia (apologising if this has been thoroughly worked over before)


bboyminn:

Actually, I'm not sure anyone has ever brought up that particular
point before. That said...

It's important that we don't take casual conversation as absolute
truth. People don't speak in absolutes; there are always things like
context, restrains of time, and generalizations that come into play. 

When JKR says "gets", she is making a generalization which we could
interpret as "insert a whole lot of details here that I don't have
time for because 10,000 other people are waiting on-line with more
questions". 

In addition, the context of the question and answer are not about
Draco and what he does or doesn't 'get'. It's about the fact that the
Hand of Glory is an example of something that people used to really
believe in.

Just one man's opinion.

Steve/bboyminn (was bboy_mn)