Good Slytherin - Plus an old debate

[adamjmarcantel]

No: HPFGUIDX 71282

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kathryn Cawte" 
<kcawte at b...> wrote:
> >  
> 
> bboy_mn now responds:
> 
> The time to choose between what is right and what is easy is not in
> the luxury of hindsight. The time to choose is when 
Harry/Ron/Hermione
> are in the common room and they seem to have discovered that the
> 'thief' had found out how to get past all the obsticals and that
> Dumbledore has left the school. 
> 
> In their eyes, at that time and place, given the knowledge they 
have,
> the stone is completely vulnerable, and they were force to choose
> their actions based on the information they had. The easy choice 
is to
> say that for good men to bask in the illusion of safety, all they 
need
> to do is take no action, to hide behind the safety of the rules. 
When
> the world is destroy, then can then stand proudly and say, 'we 
didn't
> break any rules', 'we were only following orders'. 
> 
> Or they can make the hard choice, they can '...imitate the action 
of
> the tiger; stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, and disguise 
fair
> nature with hard-favour'd rage...'. They can choose to selflessly
> disregard their own safety for something greater than themselves; 
for
> the greater good of all. 
> 
 Or C) they can do what I feel they should have done and that is GO 
TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES (that, is, faculty) and come clean...if 
they deserve to get points for selflessness and bravery, then they 
should say "Yes, we've been sneaking around, breaking school rules, 
going to the corridor that was expressly off limits, etc. and we 
will accept the punishment, but what is more important RIGHT NOW is 
that we know someone is trying to steal the stone and here is our 
evidence."  Yes, I know that they did try to tell someone and were 
assured that the stone was safe (which it was and still would have 
been had they just listened), but trying to say something one time 
and then taking matters recklessly into their own hands doesn't cut 
it for me.  By coming clean with what they knew and why, I think 
they truly would have been selfless and brave...and not, as is so 
eloquently put, given points for "sheer, dumb luck."  That is, of 
course, excluding Neville, the only one who deserved any points for 
bravery, in my opinion.

Adam

Adam