[HPforGrownups] Re: Draco's Crimes & Misdemeanors

[Irene Mikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 51597



Cindy C. wrote:

>>What is evil about being attacked by a creature that *really* is too
>>dangerous to put around a crowd of thirteen year olds, according to
>>Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them, and then complaining to law
>>enforcement about said attack and creature? We don't actually KNOW 
>>that he did anything else 
> 
> 
> Well, yes, we do know Draco did something else.  We know he took 
> *pleasure* in the prospect of Hagrid losing his job.  Had Draco not 
> gloated, we would have no reason to question Draco's motives, and he 
> would be within his rights to complain about the attack.  But once 
> he admits his motives are something else - once he takes pleasure 
> in the potential for suffering of Hagrid and/or Buckbeak, I think he 
> is being malicious.  I also begin to wonder whether he is exploiting 
> the situation to cause Hagrid's dismissal.  Therefore Evil.

I do agree that Draco is evil, but I don't think the Buckbeak incident 
belongs on the list of his crime. It's not a crime to dislike a teacher 
and want him fired. Do you think that if Harry or Ron had a chance to 
cause Snape's dismissal, they would not use it? Maybe not after GoF, but 
  I can certainly see it during PoA.

Irene