[HPforGrownups] Re: Draco and redemption potential (long)

[heidit at netbox.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 37970

In a message dated 4/19/2002 11:03:47 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
lucky_kari at yahoo.ca writes: 
> 
> Now, whether he can come back is another question. But I think he's 
> already crossed the crucial line.

What crucial line is that? The Line of Saying Obnoxious Things? The Line of 
Being Cruel?  Or the Line of Coping With Things One Cannot Really Comprehend 
by Joking About Them, which a lot of teens then would've crossed after 9/11. 

ANd I also don't really think that it's a significant degree of cruelty for 
him to have been set against Hagrid after Buckbeak struck him in 3rd year. It 
says pretty clearly in FB&WTFT that they are dangerous creatures, and yes he 
should've paid attention and not insulted Buckbeak, but on the same line, 
Hagrid should not have brought the hippogryffs to class. They. Were. 
Dangerous. And you can't really blame him for thinking that Hagrid should be 
sacked for doing something that was dangerous to the students - but then 
again, I think Hagrid's done a lot of things which aren't exactly sensible 
from a teaching perspective. Of course, I feel the same way about Madam Hooch 
and the first flying lesson too...


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