[HPforGrownups] Sacked - another perspective?

[Catherine Coleman]

No: HPFGUIDX 50171

In message <20030118205803.20944.qmail at web40514.mail.yahoo.com>, Maria 
Kirilenko <maria_kirilenko at yahoo.com> writes
>But ultimately it all depends on who composed that teaser card. If it was
>JKR herself, then all the words are meaningful, and 'sacked' is too. I
>wouldn't be surprised if a major character like Dumbledore got sacked. If,
>however, the card was compiled by someone other than JKR, the words
>could be of no consequence, really.

>Maria

Firstly, I'm pretty sure it must have been JKR who composed the card (it 
was sold for charity, after all) - and if it was, then I think there 
could well be another dimension to the word "sacked."

We know her predilection for misdirection and red herrings, so what if 
"sacked" doesn't refer to someone's employment status at all?  The verb 
to sack doesn't just apply to employment - people use it casually in the 
UK to apply to friendships, relationships - it could therefore be yelled 
at someone in a moment of rage;  ("You're sacked!").

There's the possibility that it could refer to someone being thrown off 
their Quidditch team.  Harry?

It could have an entirely different meaning - to sack, as in to steal 
from and destroy.  How likely is it that someone's house/property gets 
"sacked", considering VW2 climate which is developing?  The use is a 
little archaic, I grant you, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the 
word isn't used in that context in the WW.

Finally, a little more on people being sacked.  One which I don't think 
has been mentioned is a pretty mundane, obvious one - Ludo Bagman, who 
will probably "officially" lose his position due to being Absent Without 
Leave.

All the others suggested are entirely plausible, but the one which 
really worries me is Fudge.  It's that pesky Roman Emperor analogy you 
see.

Catherine