[HPforGrownups] Re: Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil (Nel Question - LONG)

[heidi tandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 38335


--- jferer <jferer at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I can't agree that his "public humiliation" of
> Slytherin was a mistake 
> or a moral failing at all. It was just, as the Trio
> had certainly done 
> something extraordinary earing their House merit and
> glory.

They did do something extraordinary - as did Neville
:) - but Dumbledore had known that for days.
Presumably, the banners hadn't even been up at mid-day
that day. Why couldn't he have allocated the points
beforehand? 

Of course, it was because it would've had less
dramatic impact, and I tend to disregard this as
something telling about Dumbledore simply because
we're reading novels which have certain things done
only for dramatic purpose, and other things not done
simply for characterisation. But it was really an
unnecessary thing to do to the Slytherins - none of
*them* had done anything wrong in the events which
allowed Harry to rescue the stone.

heidi

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