a lot of Names, interrupted with a lot of Traitors, Lily's Crush, McG/Hooch

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 154975

Gerry:
> >
> What I find arrogant is presuming that nineteen people killed in
> Massachusetts would warrant an International statue of Secrecy,
> whereas the over 200 witches Hopkins hanged before that would not. 

Carol:
So are you presuming that JKR is arrogant or that I am? I certainly
made no such presumption. What I was presuming, based on the date 1692
(which is rather well-known) and her contingent of witches from Salem
at the QWT, is that the date was not coincidental. As for Matthew
Hopkins, what is the evidence that JKR ever heard of him?

Thank you, BTW, for presenting your own views this time around rather
than attacking mine--or worse, my character. I still don't agree with
you, as I think JKR is, so to speak, grasping at dates rather than
viewing history with a critical eye. (You're right that she seems
unaware of persecutions other than the "medieval witch burnings" and
the Salem Witch Trials.) You have not, however, presented a believable
case for that particular date, which is almost as well known as 1066,
1216, 1492 and (to include an American one) 1776.

Carol, who would appreciate not being called arrogant or having
presumptions she never made attributed to her