HP, Jaws and Fudge' motivation

[Odile Falaise]

No: HPFGUIDX 68302

I was just watching my favorite summer movie the other day: Jaws!
 
It struck me that the mayor of Amityville behaves exactly like Fudge in HP :
 
- a bureaucrat (Mayor Vaughn;Fudge) is in denial about a deadly threat to the populace (killer shark; Voldemort), despite excellent evidence from a trusted and knowledgable source(s) (Dumbledore, et al.; Hooper & Brody).
 
I wonder who would be the Quint of the Potterverse: Harry?  heh heh....  
 
For my part, I always thought that Mayor Vaughn was a complete idiot.  I cannot (and still don't) understand how someone in a position of authority would rather err on the side of danger rather than caution, especially when lives are at stake.  It is a major sticking point in both the HP series and the movie for me.
 
Oh, well.
 
Happy swimming!  ^_^
 
Odile


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