50 Questions I would like answered in Books Five, Six, and Seven

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 55076

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tom Wall" <thomasmwall at y...> wrote:
> Replies to Queen of Serpents, Catlady, 
> and Greicy in this post.
> 
> 
> Queen of Serpents wrote:
> 16) Will Hagrid's name be formally cleared?
> 
> I reply: (Tom)
> Do you mean cleared with reference to opening the Chamber of
> Secrets, or with reference to being a half-giant. `Cause he is
> a half-giant, so I don't see that as a real possibility. As for
> opening the Chamber of Secrets, wasn't he already cleared? 
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> -Tom

I think the real question is not 'will he be cleared', but will he be
made an official full-fledged wizard. 

I think it is accepted the Hagrid didn't have anything to do with
opening the Chamber of Secrets, or the death or injuries to any of the
students. In addition, as dangerous as Aragog the spirder may have
been, I think it is also accepted that Aragog never hurt anyone.

What hasn't been done is the official recognition of these events and
the reversal of Hagrid's expulsion, and the clearing of his name in
the official records. People now know he didn't do it, so in that
sense his name is clear, but the official record haven't been changed
to reflect that.

Just a thought.

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