Happy "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" Release Day!

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

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"Aside from higher considerations, charity often operates as a vastly wise and prudent principle - a great safeguard to its possessor. Men have committed murder for jealousy's sake, and anger's sake, and hatred's sake, and selfishness' sake, and spiritual pride's sake; but no man, that ever I heard of, ever committed a diabolical murder for sweet charity's sake. [Hence, Severus Snape is a nasty, horrible, evil no good git, and you can take that to the bank!]

I love how eloquent Melville was at the end. That's right. You heard it from Melville. And how could Melville be wrong?

(I love Bartleby, the Srivener Actually JKR reminds me of Bartleby. "I'd prefer not to give you ANY uselful information, because I'm manipulative and evil!")

[Prudence]

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Ah, but does the murder in question really qualify as diabolical? If it was planned and considered necessary for final victory by the forces of good (TM) then I submit that it wasn't diabolical at all.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Prudence

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Ah, but does the murder in question really qualify as diabolical? If it was planned and considered necessary for final victory by the forces of good (TM) then I submit that it wasn't diabolical at all.

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Well, we can hope. We can hope! FYI, Mugglenet is posting a series of interviews with Rowling that are quite wonderful. Two parts have been posted thus far, and there's some really interesting, enlightening discussions.