OoP: Defending Hagrid

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No: HPFGUIDX 64051

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "joywitch_m_curmudgeon" 
<joym999 at a...> wrote:
> There are certain misguided people here who have called Hagrid 
names 
> such as "moron" and "idiot."   Some of these people can be excused 
> because they are still grieving over Sirius Black.  (Great filk, 
> Marina, BTW.)  Others of these people are simply wrong, wrong, 
wrong 
> and they know it.
> 
> Several people have expressed the opinion that Hagrid is 
an "idiot" 
> because he likes large, scary, dangerous monsters.  I want to 
point 
> out here that every single one of Hagrid's large, scary monsters 
has 
> not only wound up doing nothing more than scare and threaten but 
not 
> actually injure anyone, but has actually provided useful 
information 
> or services to our heroes.
> 
> My evidence:
> 
> 1.  OoP -- Grawp the Giant.  So, you think Hagrid was an idiot for 
> bringing Grawp back with him.  Who, exactly, was it who rescued 
Harry 
> and Hermione from the centaurs?
> 


My 2 cents on this.  If Grawp hadn't 'rescued' (and I use this term 
lightly) them from the centaurs then they most likely would not have 
gone to the MoM and Sirius probably would not be dead.

Now I used the word 'rescue' lightly because it seem as if Umbride 
was physically hurt.  If anything the centaurs just might have been 
the straw that broke the camels back on what was obviously a 
disturbed person.  Plus, Ron, Ginny, Luna and Neville were on their 
way to help them.  Even Snape would have shown up eventually.

I found the whole Grawp story weak and agree with those who think 
that Hagrid was irresponsible with the well being of Harry and 
Hermione.