Fred and George: should we worry? (Was: next prank)

[beccablue42]

No: HPFGUIDX 42682

On the subject of Fred & George's pranks:
--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "jenny_ravenclaw" <meboriqua at a...> wrote:
> As satisfied I was when Draco and Co. were hexed, and as much 
> as I like actually seeing Fred and George seriously angry, there is 
> also a part of me that was uncomfortable with what they did.  I 
can't 
> imagine walking *on* someone who is out cold - can you?

I can. Thinking back to when I was seventeen like the twins (which is 
not *that* long ago), I tried to punch a big football-type guy (oh, 
that's American football, by the way. It clarifies the severity of my 
undertaking!) because he made a very rude pro-Nazi comment to one of 
my Jewish friends. There are some things that drive people- 
especially hormone-ridden teenage people- into righteous rage, and 
picking on the recently deceased is one of those things. Even 
forgetting for a moment that we are talking about *Malfoy*, who any 
of Harry's supporters would want to step on anyway, we are talking 
about someone who just bragged/joked/made light of (the jury's still 
out on how exactly he intended his "Diggory was first" statement) the 
tragic death of a classmate. That's enough to send any emotional teen 
into fits of rage, give them motivation to level some nasty hexes, 
and take advantage of the opportunity to (in a very unchivalrous 
manner) kick- or step on- a man while he's down. I'll admit it, 
pacifist that I am: I'd relish the chance to step on the school bully 
who just dishonored a fallen comrade. 

Becca
who still agrees that she'd rather not be the one stepped upon