[HPforGrownups] Re: Chapter 13 Summary

[Robert Carnegie]

No: HPFGUIDX 20296

05/06/01 23:41:14, Andrea <ra_1013 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>--- rja.carnegie at excite.com wrote:
>> Let's be fair.  All they did was to dress up in a
>> scary costume.
>> How wrong is that, really?
>
>They dressed up with malicious intent.  Remember that
>seeing the Dementors last time made Harry fall off his
>broom, plummet 50 feet, and nearly die.  Malfoy and
>company specifically intended that Harry at the least
>be distracted and lose the game, and at the most be
>seriously injured.

But _seeing_ Dementors isn't what affects Harry so badly - it's their, um, dementing-power.

However, it just occurred to me that since Malfoy is on his House team, a higher standard of behaviour is expected - practical jokes on 
opponents are out of order.  Still, fifty points _is_ quite a lot.  On the other hand, I feel that house points are taken too seriously - I hope that if I 
were a Hogwarts student then I could muster a healthy disrespect for the points system.  But it's part of the school's culture.  Excuse me, I 
haven't read the essay on points yet.

Robert Carnegie
Meretricious!