McGonagall/Snape & Dementor

[Hollydaze]

No: HPFGUIDX 33425

Unknown wrote:
> > And, No, I don't think that {McGonagall} should be blamed for 
> > what happened with Crouch, Jr.  I recall we had a debate about 
> > that subject a few mths back, and sorry Cindy, but I agree with 
> > the folks who pointedout that *Snape* was equally culpable in 
> > that affair in that he should have put his foot down *outside* 
> > the castle (refused to allow Fudge to bring a dementor into the 
> > castle at all).  What exactly was McGonagall supposed to do? The 
> > Dementor probably acted so quickly that she didn't have time to 
> > react.  I might also add that Snape also didn't react to stop 
> > the dementor from administering the Kiss, and he was standing 
> > right there with McGonagall & Fudge presumably.

Barbara  wrote:
> This probably came up in your previous debate, but couldn't 
> McGonagall have conjured a Patronus?  We see Lupin and Dumbledore 
> doing it at different times in PoA, and I hate that it makes 
> McGonagall look bad that she couldn't stop the dementor.

In defence of Both McGonagall and Snape:
The thing that always gets me with this argument is that in POA, Dumbledore says that he doesn't have the power to over-rule the MOM, and I suppose he can not over rule Fudge either. If Dumbledore can not over-rule them, the Snape and McGonagall certainly can't. Becuase of this I feel they could have done whatever they wanted to do to keep Fudge and the Dementor away from Crouch (Patronus/Argued till blue in the face etc) and it wouldn't have done any good (infact they would have ended up in MORE trouble) I think they did try something but that in the end it had no effect because they can not order Fudge to do anything.

HOLLYDAZE!!!








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