Punishing for sins of the father...

[Renee Daniels]

No: HPFGUIDX 67866

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" 
<bard7696 at a...> wrote:

> Draco has threatened Harry's life. Harry has every right to protect 
> himself. 
> 
> There is a difference between punishing Harry for something that 
> happened between two 15-year-olds 25 years ago and being skeptical 
of 
> someone who is learning at the knee of a CURRENT Dark Lord-follower.
> 
> So, any follower of Draco must therefore be viewed with suspicion. 
He 
> was the one who threw down the glove. "You're dead, Potter." 
> 
> Harry can be forgiven for looking a little cautiously at someone 
who 
> was arm-in-arm with Draco a few months prior. 
> 
> Of course, if Draco joined the group, I wouldn't be worried, since 
he 
> can't jinx his way out of a wet paper bag.
> 
> 
> 
> Darrin

Me:
I wouldn't be so dismissive of Draco just yet. Afterall, we only have 
canon that Hermoine beat him in every subject, there is no mention of 
where Ron and Harry stand in comparison. 

As you said, Draco has just taken off the gloves. This means war. Not 
school boy rivalry. I got into a number of scuffles in school, I had 
kids I hated, and kids who hated me, but we never went all out. 
Embarasment and Negative Teacher Attention were our most common 
weapons and very few fights actualy went physical. Nobody ever used a 
weapon. But if Draco desides to get serious, he might not pull any 
punches, sure he might get expelled, but who says he'd care? And how 
much damage could he do?

~Calimora (Reading loads of MWPP fics)