First meetings; Poor poor Slytherin at the House Cup

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No: HPFGUIDX 71415

> K wrote:
> > The method in which Gryffindor one was unnecessarily humiliating.
> 

Corinth
> Just out of curiosity, where is your evidence for this 
humiliation?  I
> don't have my books with me, so I could be forgetting something, 
and
> if so, please correct me.  But from what I remember the Slytherins
> were furious, yes, but not humiliated.  Humiliation would result if
> Dumbledore had singled out the lack of action anyone in Slytherin 
had
> taken, or insulted them in some other way.  But I don't think the
> anger at losing would be any different if the members of Slytherin 
had
> walked by the hourglass on their way to the final feast and seen 
that
> Gryffindor had suddenly gained a boatload of points, and jumped 
ahead
> of Slytherin to win the House Championship.  Actually, I would 
expect
> them to be more insulted if this occurred, because they wouldn't 
know
> the reasons behind the sudden change.
> 
> -Corinth

I think K is referring to the fact that the great hall was decorated 
in green and silver then changed.  

If Dumbledore was going to award the points, he should have awarded 
them immediately (the night before) and explained them at the feast.

The Great Hall should never have been decorated in green and 
silver.  The was it was done was unneccessarily (and probably 
unintionally) cruel.

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