Harry "always gets away with stuff" (Was Re: Defending Ron ?...)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 77845

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "C M" <cmurph18 at y...> wrote:

> Me: I disagree. If Harry had started punching or kicking Aunt Marge 
> when he lost his temper, it would have been just as wrong as what 
he 
> did. Not holding him responsible for Magic he does in the heat of 
> anger would send the message that it's "okay," that because he's a 
> wizard, he deserves preferential treatment. And while many in the 
WW 
> would agree, the prevailing attitude of their government seems to 
be 
> on the other side of that fence.
> 
> I personally don't think there was anything sinister in Ron's 
remark. 
> Harry *does* get away with stuff (Aunt Marge, flying when Madame 
> Hooch left in SS), but that's not a bad thing, is it? I assume that 
> most of us cheer for him at those moments (as Ron and the rest of 
> Weasleys did in OOP). He's the hero, we want things to go his way.
> 
> CM, who loves it when things work out in Harry's favor.

Geoff:
I get the impression that, when Harry has been angry or frightened, 
magic has happened which he has not expected: finishing up on the 
school roof; re-growing his hair; the glass in the zoo disappearing. 
He was annoyed with Aunt Marge but there is no indication that he 
intended her to inflate. Had the Sirius Black situation not arisen, 
perhaps he would have had to appear before the MoM (not one hopes the 
entire Wizengamot!).

Second, with the broom incident, who started it? Draco. Harry was 
trying to protect Neville from this buffoon and, in so doing, needed 
to follow him. OK, somebody tell me that two wrongs don't make a 
right but Draco needed to be shown that he wasn't the only kid on the 
stick.