Logical Limitations

[quigonginger]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Barry Arrowsmith" 
<arrowsmithbt at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Talisman" <talisman22457@> 
wrote:
> >
Kneasy:
> Other peoples Boggart manifestations are fears that might or could 
happen:
> eyeballs, Banshees, mummies, Snape on a rampage, failing exams, a 
pile of
> dead Weasleys.
> Dementors are a paradigm for depression, Boggarts a paradigm for 
fear.
> And unless one is mortally afraid of being depressed it's difficult 
to see any 
> cross-over.
> Demmies suck out the happiness, leaving the worst of memories 
behind.
> Boggies generate fear and the fears are what the 'victim' really 
doesn't want 
> to face *in the future*. 
(snip)
> I can understand the past as a place of sadness, misery and loss, 
but why 
> would Harry *fear* the past more than what may happen to him (or 
others) 
> in the future?

Ginger:
I understood Harry's fear to be fear not to be fear of the past or of 
what the dementors had done, but fear of seeing them again and having 
the same reaction he had on the train.  

Not only was fainting and all that humiliating, but it could prove to 
be a problem should LV find out about it and use it against him.  We 
have heard DD's warning to Fudge that the dementors would be willing 
allies for LV, so all LV would have to do (as far as Harry knows) 
would be to bring one along and sic it on Harry before he has a 
chance to cast any spells.

It also has the potential to throw off his Quidditch game, as he 
discovered, and Malfoy and friends used against him.

Ginger