ADMIN: Discussing Sensitive Cultural & Religious Topics

[hpfgu_elves]

No: HPFGUIDX 151237

Greetings HPfGU Community:

We List Elves extend our most eager welcome to our new members, and 
wave hello to those of you whose "faces" we see daily!  The teapot is 
on the table in the corner, please make yourselves at home!

We're delighted that you're here, and that your topics of discussion 
are so thought-provoking and different from other Harry Potter groups 
on the vast virtual world which is the Internet.  Likewise, we 
congratulate you for continuing to maintain respect and open 
discussion about cultural and religious topics related to your 
interpretations of the Potter septology; we're all adult fans here 
and we think that these topics can, as you've exemplified recently, 
be discussed in a mature and engaging way.  We hope that you will 
continue to do so as these threads progress, and encourage you to 
preface your replies to these intriguing topic threads with the 
following tips in mind to avoid misunderstandings which might steer 
the conversation in a not-so-productive direction:

**Remember, your post is all your fellow HPfGU readers and posters 
see of YOU.  Since we're not all in the same physical room, we can't 
see how you "mean" for your post to be interpreted by others.

**If your post is an opinion piece, preface it with 'in my opinion'" 
(IMO), because it IS your opinion, after all. :)  It may not be 
someone else's!

** Include questions in your replies which do not invite yes or no 
answers. It's not important to be right all the time, but it's 
important recognize others who may have viewpoints which differ from 
your own as well as accept and respect them.  It's totally cool to 
agree to disagree.

We appreciate your participation - and remember, there's plenty of 
tea and cookies for everybody!

Best Regards,

The HPfGU List Elves