[HPforGrownups] Re: Whose side are we on?? (was: Arthur right or not? ( was Hate crimes (was Re: muggle baiting v

[Magpie]

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>  ***Katie replies:
Everyone's been debating whether what the twins did was right or 
wrong...well, of course it is never good to bully people...unless they have 
it coming.

Magpie:
So you're saying it's good to bully people.  "Unless they have it coming" is 
a pretty popular saying amongst bullies.

Kathryn:
  Look, my point is this, I guess. Whose side are we all on?

Magpie:
I'm not on a side, I'm somebody reading a work of fiction.  And even if I 
wasn't reading a work of fiction analyzing what people are doing honestly is 
not incompatible with being on their side.

If you'd rather just stop at Dursleys=bad, Twins=good that's fine, but why 
would that be a bad thing to discuss on a list for actually analyzing the 
books?  I think my view of the books covers more of what the author is 
writing, which is why I talk about them that way.  It seems like what you 
consider "shredding the protagonists to death" I consider "talking about the 
protagonists" or "talking about the story the author has written."  I don't 
feel the Twins or Hermione's position are threatened by talking about what 
they do.

-m