Bagman

[Catlady]

No: HPFGUIDX 17878

Dave Hardenbrook:
> How much do you think Ludo Bagman parallels OJ
> Simpson?  Is Ludo a man who got a free ride at his trial
> because he was a sports hero, and perhaps really belongs
> in prison?

You could ask the question about Ludo Bagman without bringing OJ Simpson
into it. Dear God, am I ever tempted to go on at length about the OJ
trials!

Ouroboros wrote:
> To me, Bagman seems too comic and ineffective to be
> really plausible  as a DE. He reminds me more of Lockhart
> and Rita Skeeter than a real agent of evil. Just an agent of
> annoyance, but potentially dangerous annoyance.

Lockhart and Skeeter seem funny, appear ineffective, but I suspect that
they are effective enough at doing evil.

Lockhart had no objection at all to having Ginny's blood on her hands,
and I believe he would have killed Ron and Harry if that was the most
effective way to keep them from interfering with his grab for glory.

Rita Skeeter has probably driven some people to suicide ... I can't
remember the name of the Admiral who rose from Sailor, and was going to
be promoted to Chief of Staff or something when some newsmagazine pubbed
an 'exposE' that he was wearing a V on one of his medals that he didn't
deserve. This was loudly debated in Congress. It was demonstrated that
that V had been awarded to him and everyone else who had survived that
battle, but he committed suicide because he couldn't bear the public
disgrace anyway.
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