Snape and McGonagall vs Fudge

Tue Nov 27 16:43:27 UTC 2001

No: HPFGUIDX 30231

--- "Cindy C." <cindysphynx at home.com> wrote:

> Snape who is more responsible for what happened than
> McGonagall.  I 
> think people blame McGonagall because Dumbledore
> initially indicated 
> that she had failed in her duty to stand guard over
> Crouch Jr.  In 
> any event, I think we should stop criticizing
> McGonagall and cut her 
> a break.  

   I think we should cut them both some slack.      
For all we know Snape argued against the Dementor's
presence just as McGonagall did, Fudge ignored them
both *and* Dumbledore's known orders. The fact is
nether Snape nor McGonagall had the authority to keep
Fudge from doing as he liked, they could only invoke
Dumbledore's which Fudge chose to ignore.
   The Dementor's attacking Crouch jr. was unexpected
and happened to quickly for either Snape or McGonagall
to intervene. It's just that simple.

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