[HPforGrownups] Hermione attempted murder!

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No: HPFGUIDX 69304

In a message dated 7/10/03 8:46:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
falcon21 at earthlink.net writes:
>   I feel the need to respond to this. I think people are getting too hung 
> up
>   on their own feelings about certain issues. I don't consider it murder per 
> se,
>   because...well...Umbridge deserved whatever she got. I've been reading 
> this list for quite a while, and the fact that so many people get upset about 
> F/G stepping on Malfoy and crew, James being mean to Snape, Harry blowing his 
> top and tormenting Dudley, Hermione being perfect, and a host of other 
> complaints just blows me away. I mean, geeze people, chill out. 
>   Sorry for that, but I read this list for the intense thought provoking 
> discussion, not the whining about bad characters being 
> mistreated/injured/killed. The ends justify the means. 
>   If tricking Umbridge into the forest gets her killed, then I'm all for it, 
> long as she is removed as an obstacle.

Whoa...*five minute pause*

Okay, now that I'm recovered.  Where to start without offending 
anyone...hell, can't do it, but I'll try.  You have to see things from more than one point o
f view.  You can't just say "Oh!  Harry and his friends are the good guys so 
they can do whatever they damn well please!"  It don't work like that.  No one 
ever deserves to die.  Maybe I'm just over reacting but you in essence just 
told us to quit bitching.  So we should just all lie down and see things black 
and white?  No thank you.  It could just be that the first two are things I 
believe are wrong and it felt like a personal attack...

That's what a good book does in my opinion, it gets you involved using your 
own feelings and opinions.  They're not really complaints so much as topics.  
You can feel however you want about topics, you can even feel that we should 
shut up, but they're still our opinions.  I think that was a little harsh of you 
to say.

Now, to respond to the thread: I don't think Hermione attemped *murder* per 
se.  Technically, she wasn't attempting anything!  :-)  Umbridge did some 
pretty horrific stuff, and I think Hermione just figured she could use the centaurs 
to distract her so the rest of the group could get away.  No murder there, 
just some pretty quick thinking on her part!

~*~*~Oryomai~*~*~
--Who doesn't believe that the ends ever justify the means.


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