HP/ Spoiler alert - Nothing New Here

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 129544

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mycropht33" <k.coble at c...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, theotokos
<theotokos_8679 at s...> wrote:
> > Steve <bboyminn at y...> wrote:
> > We could just as easily speculate that any poll found at the 
> > "Harry Potter for Grownups" group, where people are deeply 
> > intellectual and extremely knowledgable, and respresent the 
> > combined massive intellect of the entire Harry Potter fan world, 
> > are 'in the know' and are certainly correct in their prediction. 
> > As a matter of fact, that very character always come in highly 
> > rated in our death predictions. Perhaps tommorrow, The Mirror will
> > indicate that we have 'leaked' the secret.
> > 
> > ******************

> mycropht33:
> 
> ... I am getting really tired of people using their "predictions" as
> some sort of flexing of intellectual muscle. An educated guess is an
>  educated guess. It doesn't necessarily mean anything.
> 
> Sorry for coming off cranky. It's just been a sore point for me for 
> awhile now.
> 

bboyminn:

You do understand that that entire paragraph was intended as a
humorous attempt to point out the absurdity of lending any weight to
anyone's predictions or any 'leaks'?

I have to wonder if you even read the original post (#129500) because
you seemed to have missed the context of my statement. I pointed out
that this isn't even a story about a 'leak'. It's a non-story in which
someone speculated that there might have been a leak because of a
betting trend in a particular area. A betting trend that is probably
the most obvious and predictable choice of any of the potential
characters. A betting trend that is so obvious that it is a cliche.
Further, a figurative bet that has been placed, or at least discussed
by virtually every person in every HP group in the world. Really, a
complete non-story.

In addition, I think the most logical explanation is the one I gave.
People bet on the most obvious character and others assumed that
because of where these people live that they had inside information,
so even more started betting on the same character, and it started a
cascade of betting based on nothing more than the blind leading the
blind, or perhaps the foolish and unimaginative leading the equally
foolish and unimaginative.

I still say this is a complete non-story, nothing more that typcial
baseless inflamed headlines and speculation by a tabloid newspaper.

Also, keep in mind that since we are talking about 700 pages it would
have taken more than 'a peek' for anyone to have figured out who died
in the book. 

Just a few thoughts.

Steve/bboyminn