The Snape Whisperer

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 163568

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> 
wrote:
>

> 
> Anyway, Harry, because he's Harry, has to learn some difficult life
> lessons, and "flooding" could be an effective way to teach those
> lessons, whether or not his teachers consciously use it. Certainly, he
> has learned to deal with bullies by being exposed to bullies and with
> danger by being exposed to danger--as have many other students at
> Hogwarts. Quidditch and COMC (and unfair teacers) probably wouldn't be
> tolerated if they didn't prepare the students for the cruel and
> dangerous world that is the WW.
> 

But the ends don't justify the means, especially when it comes to the 
abuse of children.  Now, many have argued that DD is operating along 
those lines.  JKR has even implied it in many ways and in many forums.  
I guess my answer to that would be that, if such a message is being 
sent, then it is utterly contemptible.  The fact that they WW is a 
reprehensible dystopia is no excuse whatsoever.


Lupinlore, delighted that all moral roads lead back to this important 
issue