McG / DD / Re: Why should Harry be expected to listen to anyone at H

[Amanda Geist]

No: HPFGUIDX 123113


Lupinlore held forth:

> And yet Gerry REPEATEDLY rejects just that very option.  That is, 
Alla
> and I have time and again expressed agreement that some good for 
Harry
> came out of the detentions, but that the detentions themselves and 
in
> themselves remain EVIL.  And yet time and again Gerry rejects that
> option to argue that the detentions are GOOD.  Now, we would simply
> want to know this, is Gerry saying:
> 
> 1) The detentions are GOOD in themselves
> 2)  The detentions are EVIL in themselves, but GOOD for Harry comes
> from them
> 
> Again and again, Dungrollin, you seem to argue that Gerry means #2, 
to
> which Alla and I reply that we have no objection to that.  Gerry,
> however, seems to be extraordinarily determined to insist upon #1 
and
> to specifically deny the interpretation that you, I, and everyone 
else
> seems to be making.

May I suggest to all involved that the resolution of this point won't 
make much difference to canon interpretation? This is a philosophical 
debate best pursued elsewhere? Because What Gerry Really Meant may be 
fascinating, but in and of itself, it doesn't have all that much to 
do with Harry Potter.

Thanks,

~Amanda