[HPforGrownups] Re: Potions, the Book, and a New/Old Perspective

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 165308

Lynda:
>You know, every time I read HBP, Hermione's attitute about the "official
>instructions" strikes me as more than oddly reminiscent of Anakin Skywalker
>in the last Star Wars movie. So determined to follow the established
>policies that it does not matter to her that there is a better
>way. Hopefully, Hermione does not go the same way as Anakin Skywalker.

Bart:
In real life, when my mother was sick from antibiotics, my wife told her to take yogurt. In spite of all the literature on the subject, she would not touch yogurt until it was recommended to her by her doctor.

There's a saying, "There is an inverse relationship between's someone's insistence on use of a title and their confidence in their fitness to have it." While authority has its place, some people are too hung up on it.

Bart