FUDGE IS A DE!!!!/Stop Making Excuses

[KathyK]

No: HPFGUIDX 79044

Susan:

>I still think Fudge may be a death eater however,IF he is not, then 
I still say that he AND Umbridge knew full well how their actions 
would aid Voldemort.  And they both ARE evil.  I am sorry but I 
cannot see where their actions were not evil just self serving.  They 
put a lot of people in pain and serious danger.  We shall see when 
the next book comes out.  OOOh I can't wait....even if I am wrong it 
will still be fun!<


Fudge is self serving and doesn't care who it is he's crushing.  And 
he's afraid.  Very, very afraid.  The same with Umbridge.  And this 
fear is the driving force behind their actions.  It doesn't excuse 
it.  It doesn't make what they do any less evil than if they were 
working for Lord Voldemort.  I think the other folks who've been 
responding to the claim that we're making excuses for Fudge have done 
a better job of expressing why Fudge is not a DE than I can.  

I believe Jim Ferer was the one who said that the books would be less 
if Fudge turned out to be a DE and I agree wholeheartedly.  The fact 
that there are other evils in the Potterverse working independently 
of Lord Voldemort (though playing into his hands) was one of the best 
things about OoP.  Turning around and making them part of the same 
Harry/Lord Voldemort conflict in such a blatant manner would weaken 
the story immeasurably in my humble estimation.  Not only would it 
negate the message that Sirius states outright, that the world isn't 
divided into good people and Death Eaters, but it would make JKR's 
world much narrower and much duller.  

KathyK