[HPforGrownups] Who's more out of line?

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 51208

> >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?

Absolutely. The passage that conveys my feeling about the whole scene:

"Moody! How cool is he?"
"Beyond cool."
"Supercool."

I gather from what's been said here that my beliefs on the occasional 
apppropriateness of corporal punishment are not shared by all, and I have no 
problem with that, but I think that one's attitude on that subject colors 
one's appreciation (or lack thereof) of the episode.

My opinion: No way did Malfoy not deserve what he got. It's perfectly true 
that if "Moody" was acting contrary to school policy and knew this (I don't 
remember whether he said he didn't know or not -- and of course "Moody" 
might have lied), he was wrong in that respect.

I also think that we, the reader, were supposed to notice this as a clue 
that all was not right with Moody. If so, I missed it entirely. :)

By the way, I suspect that the fake Moody is very like the real one in many 
ways -- otherwise he couldn't have fooled people like Dumbledore who knew 
the real one. Personally, I hope we get to see the real Moody sometime, 
whether at Hogwarts or elsewhere (probably elsewhere; I don't think Hogwarts 
would be ready for the real Moody after what went on with Crouch ...)


Janet Anderson


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