Hermione's a liberal

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"Kathryn" wrote:

> You cannot simply impose rules on 
> people and claim it is a culture. 

You can if the vast majority of people think those imposed rules are
absolutely wonderful, in the case of NAZI Germany at one time or
another the vast majority of people thought Hitler was the best thing
since sliced bread, the only significant disagreement came from the
Jews.  And that's what I meant when I said you are not obligated to
respect all other cultures no matter what.

> I think I can say weith absolute 
> certainty that we don't share the 
> same political beliefs. 

I don't even know your political beliefs and you don't know mine,
certainly not the ones I think are most important because this did not
seem the proper place to express them. 

> It is Hermione's right to believe 
> that the culture of the House
> Elves is not worthy od respect but
> it is their right to expect her to
> respect it by her actions. 

I agree as I said three times now, it was wrong of Hermione to try to
trick the Elves to become free. 

> Hermione is a perfect example of 
> the type of person who in the 
> nineteenth century would travel
> to Africa or the Pacific Islands
> and try and 'civilize' the natives
> by insisting they conform to the
> person in question's ideas of 
> morality and, usually, Christianity 

That's going too far, yes Hermione made a mistake but to equate her to
Christian missionaries in Africa is a low blow. She didn't sink quite
that far!  

> I couldn't remember if he [Kreature]
> was still at Grimmauld Place now that
> his master (Sirius) was dead or if he
> had automatically gone to the next 
> member of the family still alive which
> would, I assume, be Narcissa. 

Book 5 didn't say but I predict in book 6 we will find that Sirius
left Grimmauld Place to Harry making him Kreature's master. Harry
might then quite literally order him to jump off a cliff.

Eggplant