Liking J.K., not liking J.K. "weight issue"

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 155023

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, OctobersChild48 at ... wrote:
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> > Cacaia:
> > Wow...I don't quite understand why the recent threads attacking
> > Rowling personally. <snip>
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> Sandy:
> 
> I am not aware of anyone attacking Rowling personally. I made the
statement 
> that I don't like her, which is NOT an attack, it is merely stating
my personal 
> opinion of her. Although I have flat-out refused to state my reasons
for my 
> feelings it has instigated a flaming anyway. She is a public
personna, not 
> everyone is going to like her, nor does everyone have to like her.
The fact that 
> she has created Harry Potter does not mean she walks on water. Not
every word 
> that comes out of her mouth is a profound revelation. I admire her
work - or at 
> least most of it -- I just don't necessarily admire her. This is not a 
> personal attack, it is a personal preference. And one that I am
totally entitled to 
> have and to say I have without being berated for. I don't do that to
her 
> legions of worshippers. I don't even remember how the subject came
up but I should 
> have known better than to say I don't like her. It's not like I
haven't been 
> through this before. I am one of the biggest HP fanatics there is
but because I 
> don't personally like JKR I should be burned at the stake. Geeze.
> 
> Sandy 
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Renee:
For what it's worth, here's a bit of half-hearted support. I won't say
I don't like JKR, because I never say that about people I've never met
in person. What I can say, though, is that I definitely don't like the
way she comes across in public. It started with the interview on the
extended version of the PoA DVD, and the Anelli/Spartz interview
sealed it for me. 

IMO nobody should be attacked for saying they don't like a particular
author, though they do like their books. Saying you don't like someone
is not the same as character assassination.

Renee