Hagrid as Gamekeeper

[bluesqueak]

No: HPFGUIDX 55817

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, JessaDrow at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 4/21/03 4:53:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> bboy_mn at y... writes:
> 
> > The point being that even the most superficial investigation 
> > would have pointed out that these people weren't attacked by 
> > Hagrid's spider. But they didn't care, they had a scapegoat, and 
> > they could put the matter to rest. 
> > 
> 
> But now that it's been put to rest exactly what happened, and that 
> Hagrid wasn't responsible, shouldn't he have had his name cleared, 
> and wand restored?
> 
> ~Faith~

Well, I think Dumbledore did symbolically make it obvious that 
Hagrid's name was cleared, by making him Care of Magical Creatures 
teacher in PoA.

As for unexpelling him from Hogwarts - difficult. Hagrid may not 
have opened the Chamber of Secrets, but he did keep a Acromantula 
(sp.?) at Hogwarts. A re-examination of the original expulsion might 
just come to the conclusion that keeping pets that eat people is 
an 'expulsion' offence anyway ...

Pip!Squeak (AKA Pip)