MadEye & Malfoy - James & Snape - Everyone & Umbridge

[D.G.]

No: HPFGUIDX 69097

Rebecca Stephens wrote:
 
Firstly, I didn't say Malfoy shouldn't be punished. 
But that method of punishment is wrong - no matter
what the person did. I dont' agree with sending him to
Azkaban (actually, I don't agree with sending anyone
to Azkaban, so long as the dementors are there).
Bring him up on charges (as Sirius should have been in
my opinion) but don't transfigure him.  It is wrong.

Remember, Rebecca -- that wasn't Mad-Eye who did that.  It was 
someone else impersonating him. Polyjuice Potion allows you to look 
like someone else, while still acting like yourself.

And as far as transfiguring Malfoy goes -- there seems to be a bit of 
moral relativism in PotterLand about such things.  Several times 
Harry and his cohorts have cast rather gruesome curses on Draco & Co. 
(especially on their rides home), and we seem to be expected to 
accept that as jolly joking.  Every time that happens, I wonder 
whether or not they're violating protocol -- but apparently not. One 
might argue that teachers should be held to higher standards, and I'd 
agree.  Nonetheless, the line between acceptable (or pranksterish) 
transfiguring [or, for that matter, any other use of 
spells/charms/curses as a weapon against one's erstwhile colleagues], 
and that which is a violation of codes or moral standards, seems 
somewhat muddled to me.

D.G.  ("JazzmanChgo")