Dumbledore's Army - still recruiting?

[barkingiguana]

No: HPFGUIDX 174085

montims:
> > Wouldn't it be a tremendous acknowledgement of JKR's
> > achievements if we channelled this energy and these numbers
> > (and we could be an almighty force  to reckon with) into
> > writing emails on behalf of her pet causes?
<snip>
> > I just feel it would be a shame to let all this
> > righteous indignation against the iniquities of the
> > Wizarding World dissipate, when we could be
> > working as a group to help right the wrongs of our real
> > world.

Shelley:
> I would take great offense if someone tried to take my love
> for Harry Potter and then translate that into a political or
> social cause that is the pet project for someone else. I can
> make up my mind on my own which "pet projects" I should
> support, thank-you-very-much.
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> Having said that, I would not mind if the FANS of Harry
> Potter bound together on their own to start a ministry or
> support a cause, because then that would be different all
> together.


Iguana:
IMO, an author earns not only money, but an audience. If JKR wants to use her celebrity to proclaim that the values she tried to express in the books and are often repeated by her fans could be well supported by some cause, it's just fine that she do so. You are free to disagree with her choice and still be a true fan of the Potterverse. If she implies otherwise, *then* she'd be stepping over a line.

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