Why Ginny? was Gender balance/strong women/victims)

[Schlobin at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 15250

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> Schlobin at a... wrote:
> 
> > In fact, she was picked by Lucius Malfoy as a victim because she 
is
> > the daughter of Arthur and Molly Weasley who are active combatants
> > against Voldemort/Malfoy and their allows. If they had not been
> > effective enemies of Riddle/Voldmort/Malfoy, Malfoy would not have
> > bothered. Lucius Malfoy maliciously set up Ginny Weasley to 
discredit
> > her parents.
> 
> I thought that Lucius selected Ginny because she was a Weasley, 
yes, but
> because Arthur Weasley is well-known for his acceptance of Muggles.
> Lucius is a big "pureblood" advocate, and the discrediting of the 
old,
> distinguished Weasley name would have weakened the position of 
those who
> favor accepting Muggles into wizarding society.
> 
> I thought Voldemort only entered into this as a means to an
> end--Riddle's diary was supposed to use Ginny to loose the monster, 
kill
> mudbloods, discredit her family, and perhaps bring down Hogwarts, 
the
> gateway of Muggles into the wizarding world. I didn't think the 
Weasleys
> having fought Voldemort had anything to do with the immediate 
action.
> 
> --Amanda
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I think we're both right, Amanda....my comments derived directly from 
Dumbledore's discussion with Lucius Malfoy at the end of CoS....I 
could go look it up.....

Susan