OoP: 2 things I keep coming back to - Hermione & the Veil

[Brooke]

No: HPFGUIDX 62259

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "medeacallous" 
<medeacallous at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ronin_economist" 
> <donotexist at a...> wrote:
> > About the veil, my first thought was of a wizard oracle of some 
> sort, 
> > a place where advice from the dead could be thought. But wouldn't 
> > that have been covered in Divination? I'm really liking 
> > the execution idea, Jen, though the WW does strike me as the kind 
> of 
> > place that would still have a death penalty. (Which Vernon asks 
> > Harry about in the beginning -- is that a hint?) Though since an 
> > extended term in Azkaban IS pretty much a death penalty, perhaps 
> they 
> > decided they don't need to go through the trouble of executing 
> anyone 
> > anymore.
> > 
> > Reene
> 
  Maybe now that the Death Eaters have jointed V's ranks, the 
Ministry will have to resort to the "old way" of punishing the most 
offensive criminals by re-instating execution by the veil?  Seeing as 
how Dumbledore had such a problem with the Dementors, I wonder how he 
would feel about resorting back to the veil?  (If indeed that's what 
is was used for...)  On that note, who WILL be the new Azkaban guards 
now that some pretty major Death Eaters have been apprehended?  
Trolls?  Giants??  Dis-gruntled house elves???  LOL...

Brooke