"But what I don't understand, Inspector..." was: Re: DD's Unspeakable Word.

[pippin_999]

Pippin: 
> > But you could ask the same of love. Is it predictable? Is it the
> > result of as yet unelucidated universal imperatives or something 
> > of an entirely different order?
> > 
> 
> Kneasy:
> You could also ask "does it really exist?" An imbalance of a hormone
> or two, a slight disturbance of the glands and - oh dear, he's
writing poetry again.
> 
Pippin:
::shrug::
Again, the same could be said of life. A slight derangement of the
carbon atoms, and -  oh dear, it's replicating. 

Kneasy:
> As I've said before 'love' is an omnibus term, a linguistic
convenience to cover a whole slew of different feelings. Are you 
talking about the protective love of a parent for a child, sibling 
affection, the regard of a grown child for an aged parent, romantic 
love, the love one has for oneself that is supposed to be directed 
at a neighbour, which? 
Which one is Harry replete with?
> 

Pippin:
I can site canon samples for all of them. Anyway, I'm not so sure the
examples you cite are different as feelings. They differ in  how it's 
socially acceptable to express them, which is something one has to 
be taught.

A lot of the humour in the books comes from the fact that Harry is
untaught, and isn't sure, for example, when physical contact is
appropriate.

Kneasy:
> 
> Of course we making the assumption that this force is something in
> our world, that it ain't magical. Can we be confident in that
assumption?
> Is there any evidence to substantiate that belief?
>  

Pippin:
Good point! However, none of the other mysteries are strictly 
magical, so it would be aesthetically displeasing to me if this 
one was.

Pippin