Now that HE is back, Harry should have special permission to...

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 13344

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., whimzical at y... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., lhunneb at y... wrote:

Lhunneb:"Now that Voldemort is back in his body, I think that the 
headmaster should petition the Ministry to get Harry special 
permission to use magic during the summer to protect himself, if 
necessary.  After all, "he who should not be named" won't hold back 
just because it's summer vacation!"


Julie:"But Harry has special protection while he's at the Dursley's. 
I'm not sure if Dumbledore has mentioned it, but in GoF Voldemort 
says something like 'he has protection even he does not know about 
yet...while he is in the care of his relations even I cannot touch 
him there' Anyways that's the gist of it, I'm too lazy to get the 
direct quote. Also, I think Harry would object to special priveleges, 
as well as other people (like Malfoy)"

He does have something special protection from the Dursleys, teaching 
the important lesson that almost anybody is good for something. We 
may find out the limitations of that protection as we go on, or we 
may see attempts to break or circumvent it. 

OTOH, if I was Harry, and the Death Eaters show up at my door, then 
underage restrictions be damned, special permission or no; and 
Arabella Figg down the street, who was three-time dueling champion at 
Hogwarts in her day, does her Toshiro Mifune Cuisinart routine with 
her wand on about half a dozen DE's or so.