On Aug 25, 2007, at 6:35 PM, joanna wrote:
> No, I never said anything about isolation. In fact I argued vehemently
> that stuff doesn't happen in isolation. I said that having the respect
> of people I respect matters a lot. Having people understand what I am
> saying matters a lot.
>
> Obviously, I have failed.
>
You could try to answer the original question that I asked regarding how meritocracy (in either it's real or it's 'reality' form) applies to what you were able to glean of the harry potter story. It would be a good exercise, for I seldom understand what people are saying.
martin