[HPforGrownups] Re: Madame Pomfrey Query
Andrew MacIan
andrew_macian at yahoo.com
Mon Jan 14 00:52:24 UTC 2002
No: HPFGUIDX 33354
Greetings from Andrew!
Some clarification need/offered....
--- tia_potter <tia__bella at hotmail.com> wrote:
First, could I ask that you specify who it is that
you're quoting in your posts? These happen to be my
words, so...
> >Could this be
> > one reason that Pomfrey enjoys such a position of
> > trust at Hogwarts?
>
> Alright, here's my take on the Pomfrey debate: I
> think that not only
> does Madame Pomfrey enjoy her trusting position,
> that she chooses
> what to tell Dumbledore and what not too.
This goes to the issue of privileged communications, I
presume, since Pomfrey then would be both capable of
"editing" someone's comments and would be required to
do so in certain cases.
> I mean,
> even if she told
> Dumbledore almost everything that went on in the
> infirmary, Hermione
> is a very good, respected students at hogwarts, and
> I assume that
> Madame Pomfrey would have recognized the situation,
> and kept it
> quiet, as not to hurt the girl.
A very good instance, and one of the ones I had in
mind when I offered the notion of privilege.
Cheers,
Drieux
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