In Defense of Molly Weasley (Long)

[guzuguzu]

No: HPFGUIDX 175071

Lisa wrote:
  
> Personally, I would have graciously accepted one if there had been 
> one.  All I saw was a *snide "apology" for not proclaiming "Molly's 
> awesomeness."  Did I miss something?  I didn't see any apology for 
> offending so many -- but then, my past is behind me and I'm just a 
> housewife now, so I'm thinking I could've missed it.

My apology is towards the end of message 174935
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/174935).

Here it is again: 

>guzu:

>I am sorry that the way I wrote my argument led you to taking the
>opposite meaning from my intention. As a former stay-at-home mother,
>I think my current employers would also take issue with that.

I apologized that my phrasing of my opinion caused problems. I am not
going to apologize for having my opinion on Molly and DH, nor for
expressing it. I stand by it. Your self-deprecating comment above, the
one that starts off "but then, my past..." is exactly the type of
sarcastic phrasing that you said was so offensive to you in my posts.

and Lisa also wrote:

> Based on my own career experience, I have strong 
> opinions of the majority of individuals I've come across in one 
> particular profession, but I'm not about to use such an opinion in 
> the company of such a wide variety of posters, because I'd be SURE
> to offend SOMEBODY ... and also because I know that there are
> exceptions to the rule, as well.  

guzu: 

No matter what or where, there is no way to be sure that you are not
going to offend somebody. My comments were in relation to fictional
characters and the way an author wrote a scene, so I did not foresee
they would be taken so personally by some.  

guzu, writing from the planet Ork