[HPforGrownups] Re: HRH and their Prefect badges

[Rebecca Stephens]

No: HPFGUIDX 75217


--- oh have faith <rshuson80 at yahoo.com> wrote:
.
> 
> 
> And I say:
>  
> It's worth noting that Percy had absolutely no
> success in curbing the 
> activities of Fred and George either, and he being
> the older brother 
> should technically have more influence.  At the end
> of the day, Fred 
> and George just wouldn't have recognised that Ron
> had any authority 
> over them, they would have roared with laughter if
> he'd even tried.  
> Ron was put in a very difficult decision here - it
> was an absolute 
> lose-lose situation.  He could either do nothing and
> let the other 
> prefects handle it. Or  he could take on his
> brothers, get laughed 
> out the building, probably be on the recieving end
> of a nasty spell 
> or two, and so lose any respect that anyone in the
> common room might 
> have had for his authority.  


Sorry, I don't buy it.  He had a responsibility to
try.  You can't get around that.  It is wrong to allow
and condone rampant rule-breaking (without good reason
like saving lives).


Rebecca

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