Posted by alexandra_k on October 3, 2006, at 11:13:10
In reply to Re: It's not going to be like the prefect's carria, posted by Dinah on October 2, 2006, at 10:05:46
> The prefect's carriage (and prefects bathroom) were sort of privileges granted to prefects in Harry Potter.
Like how restricted chat is a sort of priviledge granted to deputies?
> Harry felt left out when Ron and Hermione went to sit in the prefect's carriage
Like how people might feel left out when the deputies go to restricted chat?
> and he had to find other people to sit with. Although he made a new friend in Luna Lovegood. Which is neither here nor there, but was important in plot development.
lol. Still seeing analogies...
> At any rate, a deputy chat room, the equivilant of a prefect carriage, is not what this is.It isn't? So non-prefects (deputies) can go there too can they?
> As gg says, it's more of a conference room.
Oh. So if we call it 'conference room' instead of 'gated community' instead of 'private chat' instead of 'exclusive chat' instead of 'small group' instead of 'prefects carriage' then that makes it completely different?
> Which is not to say that I approve of Dr. Bob's choices in how to go about this, and think he could have made choices more sensitive to the feelings of others.
I was pissed...
But I'd rather know upfront than have even more go on behind the scenes...
I seem to be about the only person upset about it at any rate...> I think the two room idea is not necessarily a good one.
Two rooms or three?
> It's not only confusing, but we've seen the kind of hurt that can arise when people retire there and are less than joyfully welcoming to others that might enter.
Kind of like following the link to restricted chat and finding BAM! One can't enter? How much of a 'less than joyful welcoming' is that?
> Prior experience already would seem to suggest that there should only be one room.One room, or two?
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