The Secret Life of Arthur Weasley?

[siriuskase]

No: HPFGUIDX 44649

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Veronica" <ronib at m...> wrote:
> Risti wrote
> > Also, I've always thought that Mr. Weasley seems to know an awful 
> >lot for the Ministry position he has.  I mean, think about all the 
> >stuff Ron knows 'because dad is in the ministry.'
> 
> From me:
> I think Mr. W's personality has a lot to do with this. He is a 
> friendly, likeable guy, and because he is such a good, kind person, 
> he had lots of friends in the Ministery, in several different 
> departments.
> 
> I think there is a lot of favor swapping in the MoM. After all, Mr. W 
> helped Bagman's brother, and in return, Bagman got him great tickets. 
> And Mr. W is the kind of guy that wants to help his friends and other 
> good people (like Moody).
> 
> When you have good connections in lots of departments, you will learn 
> a *lot* of stuff that you might never hear otherwise. (I've seen lots 
> of evidence of that in the corporate world, anyway.)
> 
> Now, I am not ruling out that he might have played a very important 
> role in the fight against Voldemort. In fact, I will be surprise to 
> hear that he didn't, but I really think the items mentioned 
> specifically in the first post are more a result of his friendly, 
> outgoing personality than any secrets from his past.

One more thing about Arthur, he seems to be the guy who is called on
to help the wizards weasel out of awkward situations with the muggles.
 When Moody had his encounter with the police, Arthur was the one who
was called in.  I don't think that this was an unusual task for him. 
So there are probably quite a few wizards indebted to him for this
sort of help.

Sirius Kase