Coming of age in the WW

[Tim Regan]

No: HPFGUIDX 86914

Hi All,

--- In HPforGrownups gulplum wrote:
> I find it interesting that their "Accio brooms" 
> worked - I would assume that pupils' property 
> confiscated by Hogwarts staff would somehow be 
> impervious to magical methods of getting it back 
> (otherwise there'd be no point in confiscating it). 
> The fact that these assumed protections are 
> "suspended" in this case indicates to me that 
> the school itself somehow knows that some pupils 
> have a right not to be there and thus school 
> rules no longer apply. 

Hmmm, I'd not wondered how that worked before. Of course it may also 
be that `the school' (if we are to treat it as a thinking entity) 
had decided that Umbridge was not a real member of staff. Perhaps 
that's why she couldn't take over Dumbledore's office, not because 
of a charm he cast, but simply because the school would not let her 
in!

Cheers,

Dumbledad.