[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore's Army - still recruiting?

[k12listmomma]

No: HPFGUIDX 173966

>I was thinking of Neville's rallying cry again - his bravery and 
>persistence
> really resonated with me.  And as I mentioned before, the message I take
> from the books is that it is important to do the right thing, and not to 
> be
> put off by fear of social pressure, pain, or even death.
>
> It occured to me that Harry Potter fans number in the many thousands, and
> this list alone has nearly 27,000.  (Wow!)  We all appear to be against
> discrimination (the Slytherins), bullying (Umbridge), detainment of the
> innocent (Black, Shunpike, etc), cruelty in general, and we are all 
> prepared
> to spend long periods of time (whether or not we really have it - I am
> typing this at work...) reading the books, reading and writing emails, and
> in many cases making Potter-related crafty objects.
>
> 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?  i.e.
> Amnesty International, the caged babies, etc.  Or if we each contributed 
> one
> pound or dollar or euro to MS or another of her pet charities, in her 
> name?
>
> 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.  All the
> people who have felt disappointed that the WW did not change after the 
> fall
> of LV can show how it can/should be done.
>
> Dumbledore's Army!
>
> montims


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. I absolutely hate it when a 
"star" or famous person puts the "love of them" right up there with "love 
also of my pet projects", so I would hate Rowling forever if she hijacked 
Harry Potter for a social platform. Frankly, I was a little afraid of that 
happening with the Madeline mention she had on her web page. While I 
sympathize that this little girl is missing, I would have been upset if  I 
had waited hours in line for my book of Deathly Hallows only to find out 
that MY book had a flyer about her in it.

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. It would be Harry Potter fans uniting 
with other Harry Potter fans, and not the "star" telling us what to do. 
Rowling can support any cause she wants to with her millions of dollars- 
she's earned it, she has the right to spend it as she likes. But I hope she 
never gets into "using" her fanbase for a political agenda, because that 
would be a betrayal to us as readers. I would consider that to be as bad as 
the corruption of the Ministry of Magic by the Death Eaters and Voldemort 
supporters.