Etiquette WAS Re: polite Dumbledore? - cont'd

[a_svirn]

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> Valky wrote:
> Now it's my turn to suggest a comparison. I can't take credit for the
> idea because it was actually suggested by someone else. (Thanks 
Carol! :D) My suggestion is that we compare the visit by Dumbledore to 
the Dursleys to Narcissa and Bella's dropping in unexpectedly on Snape 
at Spinners end. 

a_svirn:
I think it's a great comparison, Valky. In Spinner's End we see a host 
playing a host. In Privet Drive we have a guest playing a host. 
Appreciate the difference. 
 
> 
> Bruce Alan Wilson:
> I do like this comparison.  You must remember that the Wizardling 
World is a much more conservative one than ours; this is not 
unsurprising given that wizards live much longer than Muggles  
Consider Dumbledore's age.  If you have ever read Jane Austen, the 
Bronte Sisters, Dickens, or other 19th C. authors you will see that in 
that era middle- and upper-class people had a fairly strict protocol 
about 'paying a call.'  

a_svirn:

If you think that Dumbledore conforms the conventions of 19th century 
protocol, you need to reread the aforementioned authors. Because he 
does not, not even close.