Crouch; Next Headmaster?

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No: HPFGUIDX 22409

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Hillman, Lee" <lee_hillman at u...> wrote:

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> I agree that Crouch is an officious snob. But I think it's important 
to remember here that Crouch had an assistant (at the time of his rise 
to chief of Magical Law Enforcement) named Weatherby.>

If you are talking about the scene in GoF when Harry finds Crouch Sr. 
in the Forbidden Forest, muttering random things, I was under the 
impression that he was remembering things from different times in his 
life.  Weatherby was still Percy.  Where else might you have thought 
Weatherby was a previous assistant? 
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<In short, Barty ain't sane.>

I agree with you there, but his insanity is something that really 
bothered me. Why did he have to be insane?  Someone who received so 
many O.W.L.s was obviously quite clear-minded at one point.  I'd like 
to know at what point did Barty Jr. go insane.  Is JKR implying that 
all DEs are insane?  That confused me.

--jenny from ravenclaw, who believes that most of the time when people 
do bad things they know exactly what they are 
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