Expelling Draco?

[Sabrina]

No: HPFGUIDX 69974


SnapesSlytherin at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 7/10/03 12:40:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> tms2 at mail.ptd.net writes:
>
>>Right, he was far too lenient to Malfoy.  Malfoy should have been
>>expelled and sent to Azkaban for 10 years for attacking another
>>student from behind, a thoroughly despicable act.  Turning him
>>into a ferret for a few minutes was for all practicable purposes
>>letting him get away with attempted murder.
>
> Are you serious?  Aren't we being a *tiny* bit melodramatic here?
"Attempted
> murder"?  Azkaban?  It's not like he was AK-ing him.  It was just a jinx.
> There are bigger baddies out there to be worried about than Draco - let's
be
> honest about it.  Draco's not stupid enough to try to kill Harry inside
Hogwarts
> where there are teachers all around.  No one is that stupid - except maybe
> LV...

I think a competent prosecutor might be able to persuade a jury
that Malfoy had murderous intent.  At the very least he was
guilty of assault with a magical weapon.

Me:
But that would be seen a bit different in the WW, wouldn't it? Of course,
for us a wand is a potential weapon that we are weary of because we have
seen that you can kill someone with it.
But for wizards it's an everyday tool. Most of the time (outside of school)
they use it for cooking, cleaning and I don't know what else.

That should be enough
for at least a couple of years in chokey.  And we do not know
what spell Malfoy used.  You can be convicted of attempted murder
for putting an unloaded gun to someone's head and pulling the
trigger, so using a non-fatal curse on someone could result in a
conviction for attempted murder if there was intent to kill.

Me:
I think this is were we have a difference in thinking. You see the wand as a
gun that certainly is something used for killing/hurting (let's not get into
a pro/contra gun discussion, please) while I saw Malfoy's use more like a
normal schoolboy fight, perhaps like taking a swing at Harry (and missing).
Again, the wand, like hands (that can also be used to harm someone) is
mainly used for other things and therefore IMHO not comparable to a gun.

Remember, also, that he set a poisonous snake on Harry in the
dueling club, in front of witnesses.

Me:
And probably at the instruction of Snape and in the presence of at least one
competent teacher. BTW, how do you know it was posionous?


I certainly am no fan of Draco but you can also go abit over the top with a
attitude to condemn everybody who isn't a proverbial saint.

Sabrina