[HPforGrownups] Slytherin's behavior at the GoF final feast (was Re: Dumbledore's awarding of points PS/SS)

[Ladi lyndi]

No: HPFGUIDX 57119

--- Odile wrote:
> True, it's certainly not sporting to go out of
> one's
> way to hurt someone, but I think of Quidditch
> as being
> more akin to hockey than basketball.  And
> if they get in a fight, do they get kicked out
> of the
> game?  Nope.  A sit in the penalty box is all. 
> Whoop-dee-doo.  As in hockey, so in Quidditch,
> IMO.  
> 
> Then again, "checking" is part of the game;
> Harry is a
> target, but not just because he is Seeker.  The
> Slytherin team happens to know his
> vulnerabilities and
> exploits them. 

Lynn:

My problem with comparing Quidditch to hockey is
first, in hockey the players wear protective
gear, like in American football, because physical
play is part of the game.  In Quidditch, if
knocking someone off their broom was an
acceptable part of the game, there would be some
safety measures in place, at least at the school
level.  Second, if a penalty is called, there is
just one shot to the team who got fouled.  In
hockey, the penalty period gives the offended
team an advantage to score more easily.  In
Quidditch, it could be a huge advantage.  To me
Quidditch is more like basketball where good
clean defense is part of the game.

Beating a Seeker with clubs is not 'checking' and
yet that was what Slytherin beaters were
attempting to do.

I think a better way to see if there is cheating
or not is to look at the non-Slytherin games. 
Cho blocks Harry as he's going for the snitch. 
Nope, not a foul because that is part of the
game, good clean defense.  However, she was able
to block Harry without the threat of bodily harm.
 If intentionally injuring other players was an
accepted part of the game, you would see it in
all the games, not just those with Slytherin.  As
was pointed out, Wood wanted to win the Cup so
bad, the Gryffindor team would definitely have
played that type of physical game, particularly
against Slytherin.  (I think the Weasley twins
would have loved it.)  That, to me, is a huge
indication that such physical play is not an
accepted part of the game.

And, as to Slytherin exploiting what they see as
a vulnerability, e.g. dressing as Dementors, if
that was an acceptable part of the game I don't
think McGonagall would have taken 50 points from
Slytherin and informed the Headmaster of it.  It
was obviously outside the bounds of the game and
that's cheating.

Lynn

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