From: toon@toon.com   
      
   On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:06:37 -0500, Vinnie Yasay    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:21:20 -0800 (PST), Rats wrote:   
   >   
   >> The Elder wand is supposed to be a wand that cannot lose in duels yet   
   >> Dumbledore beat Grindewald in a duel to win the elder wand off him.   
   >> How could this be?   
   >   
   >I think Dumbledore used an emotional appeal. He cared about   
   >Grindelwald and wouldn't have wanted to duel him, particularly if he   
   >knew Grindelwald had the Elder Wand. And he knew that Grindelwald felt   
   >as guilty as he did about Ariana's death. Rita Skeeter said that based   
   >on eyewitness accounts of their confrontation, it seemed to be more of   
   >a surrender on Grindelwald's end than a duel. I know that taking Rita   
   >Skeeter at her word is risky, but I'm willing to believe Dumbledore   
   >won this one with only his words.   
      
   Even a broken clock is right twice a day.  Seems Rita got one right,   
   after all.   
      
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