Callous celebrations

[Jocelyn Grunow]

No: HPFGUIDX 164405

On Thursday, February 1, 2007, at 04:12 am, justcarol67 wrote:

> In fact, the celebrations always seemed to me to be
> callous if not cold-hearted. A popular young witch and wizard have
> just died, and people are shooting off the WW equivalent of fireworks?

At the end of each World War there was dancing in the streets, and 
presumably more localised conflicts have the same reaction to the 
overthrow of tyrants, death of claimants to the throne etc...

Only those who have lost someone in the immediate past would not be 
celebrating.  I think that is reasonable.  For most of the wizarding 
world, freedom from fear has come at last!  No more dark marks in the 
sky.  No more waiting for the door to be blasted in in the night.  Of 
course they celebrate!

Many have died by this point, not just the Potters.  The Potters are 
expected to be the last to die - and THAT is cause for rejoicing.  (At 
least it is unless you personally knew and loved the Potters.)

Jocelyn