[FFML] [News][Potter] Rowling Speaks on Dumbledore

[Jon Rosebaugh]

On Oct 23, 2007, at 12:03 PM, Steven Avery wrote:

> You've GOT to be kidding.
>
> You actually take this as an "indicator" of homophobia?
>
> Dude, I take it as an indicator of how credulous and stupid a  
> person is to
> buy that this was anything more than cheap theatrics on JKR's part  
> to prop
> up slumping sales in a series.
>
> Tell me... do you think for a minute that she'd have made this
> "groundbreaking" announcement in front of a group of parents and  
> children at
> say an event sponsored by Scholastic?
>
> If you do, you're fooling yourself.
>
> This was blatant "attention whoring" in action.

I think you are perhaps overreacting. My reaction (which I expect  
most people on this list share) is "big deal, who cares". Quoting the  
mantra of MST3K, it's just a fantasy series, and you should really  
just relax.