Wizarding Schools and other stuff from Digest 1201

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No: HPFGUIDX 25554

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Elbereth <elbereth at d...> wrote:
> vheggie at y... wrote, re my poinderings on wizarding schools:
> >9) Fudge - secretly evil or just a moron?
> 
> I'd like to share with you a motto which has served me well my 
> whole life: "Never attribute to evil intent that which can be 
> adequately explained by stupidity."
> 
> Fudge is a politician.  He likes the status quo, he likes his power 
> just as it is thank you very much.  He doesn't want anything 
> disrupting it, doesn't want to share the limelight with Dumbledore, 
> doesn't want to allow the possibility of Voldemort's return because 
> it would change *his* world -- Fudge's is a very egocentric view, 
> IMHO.
> 
> I would be shocked if he turned out to be an evil genius.  Mind 
> you, JKR is good at broadsiding me!  But I'd be willing to put 
> money on "Stupidity" on Fudge's part. 


Ahhh!  Another proponent of Hanlon's Razor!  It's truly amazing how 
closely related stupidity, malice and evil are related.  That said, I 
agree - Fudge is currently a self-absorbed idiot.  If it doesn't fit 
into his definition of the universe, he discounts it.  

With his "my way or the highway" attitude, Fudge is perilously close 
to becoming the evil he despises.  I wouldn't be surprised if Fudge 
signed on to Voldy's team in order to find "order" in the current 
chaos.  And it will be very interesting to see where Percy's hero 
worship takes him - will he blindly follow the MoM, or will he make 
up his own mind?  Oh, the possibilities!


Denise