Re: Pearlette and ...
(Anonymous)
Sorry, I posted several comments before reading this.
OTOH, I don't resile from what I said. A lot of what the HP-verse presents as funny is cruel and ugly, grooming a child to be a soldier/sacrifice is every bit as predatory and abusive as grooming him/her for sex, and accusing others of intolerance merely because they persist in holding views different to your own is the height of intolerance and debate-stifling.
duj
OTOH, I don't resile from what I said. A lot of what the HP-verse presents as funny is cruel and ugly, grooming a child to be a soldier/sacrifice is every bit as predatory and abusive as grooming him/her for sex, and accusing others of intolerance merely because they persist in holding views different to your own is the height of intolerance and debate-stifling.
duj