The Ferret Bouncing Incident vs. The Teeth Incident (WAS: Snape and respect)

[Eileen]

No: HPFGUIDX 51115

 --- "Tom Wall <thomasmwall at yahoo.com>"
<thomasmwall at yahoo.com> wrote: > MELISSA (AND MANY
OTHERS SIMILARLY) WROTE 

> For everyone who got so upset over Snape's treatment
> of Hermione: 
> were you equally upset when Crouch/Moody turned
> Malfoy into a ferret 
> and started bouncing him around? 

Much more actually. The ferret bouncing incident was
one of the few places in the books where I found
myself feeling sorry for Draco. 

> Were you as shocked and angry as McGonagall, or,
> like Ron, did you 
> think it was farily amusing? I bet that some of us
> even thought that 
> Malfoy *deserved* it, didn't we?

Nah, I felt the punishment *way* exceeded the crime
there. 

But I did find it amusing. As I did Snape's teeth
comment. As I did Voldemort's interactions with
Pettigrew. 

Sadism gets me laughing every time, it seems. 

But not precisely. It wasn't Draco being bounced that
tickled my funny bone. I can't much enjoy physical
humour on the printed page. It was Barty's unconcerned
reaction to McGonagall's horrified protests, his
lecture of Draco while bouncing him, and the way he
talked to Draco afterwards about Snape that left me
howling. 

But at the same time, I was in no doubt that the
ferret-bouncing incident was absolutely horrendous
behaviour for a teacher. After all, I found it funny
because it was cruel, not because it was ok or Draco
deserved it. 

Eileen

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