Respect

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 180355

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant107" <eggplant107 at ...> wrote:

Geoff;
> > I am a List Elf 

Eggplant: 
> Then it may interest you to know that I have received support for my
> views, but all of it has been off list. Why do you suppose that is,
> why didn't they send there comments to the group? The only reason I
> can think of is that they are afraid to go on record supporting
> Rowling in the current atmosphere, and it's not hard to see why. On
> more than one occasion I have been told by moderators that I was being
> too impolite to other posters for saying some pretty mild things;
> certainly I never said I lost all respect for them or the they were an
> example of the Peter Principle in action, but when somebody said that
> about Rowling there was not a word of protest by anyone except by me.

Geoff:
Mild is a subjective word.  You have demanded murder and mayhem and 
disembowelling of characters you do not like for ages regardless of what 
other members think of them; OK, they're only fictional but it reveals a 
rather harsh side of **your** character. You have been scornful of those 
of us on the group who are Christians and disparaging about our faith 
and you still apparently refuse to consider views opposed to your own. 
You've even had a go at Tolkien before now...

Now, my interpretation of your character may be completely wrong. You 
may be the gentlest of people who cultivates roses for a hobby and takes 
long invigorating country walks each day with a couple of dogs. But that is 
not how you project your persona - at least to me and I have also received 
off-list support from members of HPFGU. 

Just a little bit of agreement - and occasional humour - might lift your 
rating in the polls a bit. :-)

Eggplant:
> Hey it's your group not mine and you can run it anyway you want, but
> if you don't change your policy might I humbly suggest you change the
> name from Harry Potter for Grownups to something a little more
> descriptive, like The Rowling Bashers and Harry Hating Mob.

Geoff:
Sorry, but it's not our group. It's everyone's group. The Elves are here to 
try to ensure that the group runs smoothly to the satisfaction of the 
majority, that the rules of engagement laid down are adhered to and 
that members don't insult others, climb on their own soapboxes or 
drift off-topic. If you are unhappy about the way things are going, you 
can contact the Elves directly or express your concerns on the Feedback 
group -  or even OT-Chatter.

Re your last sentence, I challenge you to wade through the hundreds of 
posts I have sent since July 2003 and find a thread of Harry-bashing or 
JKR-bashing running through. I have consistently supported Harry and 
tried to be positive about the books all the way including through the 
weeks following the publication of DH when more people were voicing 
their concerns than being supportive and I resent the implication that I
have been disparaging of either the books or their creator. But when 
you, like Elijah, were saying that there were no JKR supporters left, there 
was a strong and sometimes unspoken undertow of readers who were 
satisfied and didn't feel it necessary to say so.