Re: Albus vs V in the MOM

Green-Eyed Chris <cwlNO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: In article <46ff1b4d$0$70436$742ec2ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
: doofy <nope@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:
:>Green-Eyed Chris wrote:
:>> In article <46fd9bdc$0$26448$88260bb3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
:>> Drusilla <gammanormids*erasethis*@gmail.com> wrote:
:>>
:>>
:>>>doofy escribi?:
:>>>
:>>>>Toon wrote:
:>>>>
:>>>>>On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:16:47 -0700, doofy <nope@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>>>>>
:>>>>>
:>>>>>
:>>>>>>Mania is not happiness. I'm not sure happiness about some
abysmal
:>>>>>>deed is going to counteract the negativity of the Dementors.
:>>>>>
:>>>>>
:>>>>>Why be happy about abysmal deeds? Why not when he framed Hagrid,
made
:>>>>>his first horcrux? Found out he was a wizard?
:>>>>
:>>>>Do we have any examples of the bad guys having Patroni? From the
books.
:>>>
:>>>I think JKR said that they couldn't.
:>>
:>>
:>> ...underscoring my argument that Voldemort was incapable of
conjuring a
:>> Corporeal Patronus.
:>>
:>> Transcript of live web chat with Jo on July 30, 2007
:>> <http://www.harrypotterfanzone.com/fusion/fullnews.php?id=2066>:
:>>
:>> Samantha: Was Snape the only Death Eater who could produce a full
:>> Patronus?
:>>
:>> J.K. Rowling: Yes, because a Patronus is used against things that
the
:>> Death Eaters generally generate, or fight alongside. They would not
need
:>> Patronuses.
:>
:>"not need" is not the same as "cannot". Question is still unanswered.
:>Of course, this is fiction.
:
: OTOH, affirming that Snape was the ONLY Death Eater who COULD produce
a
: full Patronus is a statement that the other Death Eaters COULD NOT do
: so.

Rowling seems to be saying that the DEs not needing to produce
Patronuses was the cause of their inability to do so!
.