Umbridge????

[Peggy]

No: HPFGUIDX 79242

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> Now Me (Tonya):
> WOW gang rape even sounds worse to me.  You are absolutely correct I
> cannot believe that ANY sort of rape would be put in a children's 
book.
> THANKS THANKS!!  Now I don't feel like I really missed something 
huge.
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> Salit said
> Umbridge was in shock at being manhandled and held captive by
> a group of creatures she considered sub-humans at best, not to
> mention needing rescue from the person she supposedly replaced.
> I think this is a very fitting punishment for her.
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Now me:

When I first read the posts claiming that Umbridge was raped, I was 
shocked at the thought that the subject would creep into what is 
marketed as a children's book.  (I'm not sure the books fit into the 
category anymore, but let's let that pass.)  Then I found that most 
of the proponents of the theory were basing their ideas on the 
behavior of centaurs in Greek mythology.  

I've never believed that all of the magical creatures in the books 
are necessarily going to behave exactly like their Hellenic 
counterparts.  For instance, the fairies of the Potterverse are very 
different from most "Muggle" concepts of them (in Fantastic Beasts 
and Where to Find Them).  JKR isn't bound to give her characters the 
same characteristics that are found in the original myths.

JKR's centaurs would be disgusted at the idea of rape, especially 
rape of a captive.  With Umbridge's hang-ups, being carried off, held 
in the forest, and rescued by DD would be enough to put her into a 
good state of shock.  I'm only sorry that Peeves couldn't find any 
water balloons on the day she left . . .

Peg

P.S. Tonya, you're sooo right about that gum.