Bagman

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No: HPFGUIDX 17890

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Catlady <catlady at w...> wrote:

> 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!

Congratulations on resisting temptation. :]


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

That's true. His memory charms probably did ruin the lives of the 
people he hexed. 

When I talked about DEs, I meant that Rowling seems to often say 
(this is one of my hobbyhorses) that every person who is evil or 
morally deficient in some way is not necessarily a Death Eater or in 
league with Lord V, or even manipulated by him. People can be nasty 
or evil on their own, without guidance from Voldy, and I think 
Bagman's trangressions (which seem to be a)not thinking things 
through b)being dishonest in his dealings with Fred and George and c) 
not taking his gov't duties seriously enough) are possibly not worse 
than Skeeter's or Lockhart's....who I think at least had nothing to 
do with Voldemort. 

I wonder if Skeeter will show up in later books? Lockhart, unless 
Harry pays a visit to St. Mungo's, probably won't.  

Charmian