JKR messed up........ no/yes

[Miles]

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Bunny wrote:
> I appreciate all your comments, but those making excuses for why JK
> Rowling 'outed'
> Dumbledore, should consider that homosexuality in many countries and
> to many religions, is
> totally unacceptable and offensive.  I've been told that the response
> in India,  for example, has been hostile outpourings towards JKR and
> her books.  She knows her books are read in many countries by many
> cultures and she has certainly enjoyed the financial benefits of
> this. It's too late now but if she'd kept her mouth shut, it would
> have been best for everyone. Bunny

Miles:
Well, this seems to be kind of sorting ceremony, right?
Obviously the readers are sorted in two houses, one with the tolerant people
and one with ... the others.
The message of the books is one of tolerance towards differences. The
message was very clear from the beginning.
Races do not count in the wizarding world, but some wizards do make a
difference between Muggles, Mudbloods and Purebloods. Those wizards are bad,
because they are intolerant and bigot. The message is very clear, right?

I'm taken aback that people appreciate this message of tolerance for all
seven books, but now think everything changes because they are demanded to
include homosexuality into their scope of tolerance. It's very easy to "buy"
a fictional tolerance. Nobody would think s/he'd be prejudiced against
Mudbloods, everyone would see him/herself as a fighter for tolerance within
the Potterverse.

But Dumbledore gay - how disgusting?

When I first heard about JKR telling this about Dumbledore I thought "well,
nice detail, but not important". I still think that this information is a
nice background information for DD/GG, but doesn't change very much for the
series in general.
But reading mails here on the list and reactions from countries without much
tradition of Enlightenment, obviously JKR was very, very right in making her
point clear. We do not have "Mudbloods" in our world - our "Mudbloods" are
called "faggots", "niggers", or "Jews"...

Miles