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[fallenpegasus]

I'm starting my listen to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. In re my previous observation about the lack of brains of the people in the story, here is my next observation.


If it's CRITICALLY important that someone do something, and it's something they would rather not do (stay with their unsufferable uncle and aunt, ferex), EXPLAIN WHY.

Mindless obedience is idiocy. Expecting mindless obedience is moronic. Demanding mindless obedience ought to get one thrown into a fire.

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[radarrider.livejournal.com]

It is explained later on why Harry has to go back to the Dursleys' in the summer.

[jezel.livejournal.com]

If it's any consolation, Dumbledore agrees with you and apologizes at the end of the book.

[ex-tepes85.livejournal.com]

But at that point in the book Rowling didn't know why he needed to go back...

[timill]

Mindless obedience is what we expect from children. We don't get it, of course, at least not from 15-year-olds, which is about Harry's age in OotP.

[amythis.livejournal.com]

If Dumbledore et al hadn't asked for mindless obedience, we wouldn't have gotten the splendor that is drama-queen!Harry.