OoP: Percy's a Fool (Was: Re: OOP Percy is Not Evil)

[M. J. Pascual]

No: HPFGUIDX 65601

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jmgarciaiii" wrote:

> In a sense, Percy has struck me as being the Anti-Harry. HP has 
> (OFTEN!!) made rash and impulsive decisions that are clearly 
> detrimental to his self interest. Not so Percy. He is probably one 
> of the most calculating and goal oriented characters in the books. 
> His attitude right now seem to be geared specifically towards
career 
> advancement, come what may. Not so much for teh sake of power, but 
> for the sake of, it'd seem, importance and authority.
> 
> -Joe in SoFla

What is power if not being important and having authority?

I doubt any reader will argue that Harry has not been reckless and
impulsive.  Up until now, he's been given very little information
on things, and had to go with his gut.  And he's been right.  Once,
may be just chance.  Twice may be fluke.  But we haven't seen Harry
in the wrong yet when it comes to Voldemort.  When the most respected
wizard of an age asserts that Harry is right, who is Percy to say
that, no, the old man's just wrong?  What experience does Percy 
or Fudge have with Voldemort that Dumbledore or Harry don't have?

Instead, Percy goes with Fudge.  A politician. A politican who got 
the job only because -- that's right, Dumbledore! -- declined the 
position.  

I offer this quote:

"It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think 
with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the 
majority.  Truth does not change because it is, or is not, 
believed by a majority of the people."

Spoken by a minor philosopher of the 16th century, Giordano Bruno.
Died at the stake, burned by the Inquisition.  Apropos, eh?

--Mark