Snape and respect

[dumbledore11214 <dumbledore11214@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51036

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Maria Kirilenko 
<maria_kirilenko at y...> wrote:
> Me:
> 
> I really have to agree with Tom here. HHR and Neville did deserve 
some sort of praise, maybe even in the form of points, but I think 
that assigning the exact number of points needed to win the House Cup 
was extremely blatant favouritism. Sure, it was wonderful to see it 
happen, and I do think that 150 points McGonagall took off Gryffindor 
were excessive, and that scene never fails to bring tears to my eyes, 
but it *was* demoralizing for *all* non-Gryffindor students, and it 
was demoralizing to Snape.
> 
> Dumbledore could have handled the situation with much more grace 
that he did.

Well, I think that HHR and Neville deserved A LOT of praise and  many 
points, so I guess we disagree. :) Yeah, Dumbledore could've done it 
differently and assign different amount of points, but we don't know 
how  much every good or bad event worth, right? I mean, for all we 
know it could be completely arbitrarily.
So, in my eyes, Dumbledore could be guilty at the most of not 
assigning points earlier, but I still think it was deserved.

> Me:
> 
> Umm, do I see Movie Contamination? In the book, if you remember, 
Harry and Hermione were charged with:
> 
> 1. Being out of bed after hours;
> 
> 2. Feeding Draco Malfoy with a story about a dragon so that he 
would get in trouble;
> 
> 3. Luring Neville out of the common room, though not directly.
> 
No, you don't see movie contamination. :) I guess I was just trying 
to make a point that all the charges were consequences of them 
visiting Hagrid.

> So, Draco Malfoy certainly did not make them lose all those points. 
They took a risk, and suffered the consequences.

I guess.
Alla
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