[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry and Morality

[Troels Forchhammer]

No: HPFGUIDX 57326

At 02:17 08-05-03 +0000, darrin_burnett wrote:
>My problem with the "Harry breaks rules and has faults" attitude is the 
>subtle,
>and in some cases, not-so-subtle, attempts to somehow equalize Draco and
>the Slyths with Harry and the Gryffs.
>
>Because Harry has broken rules, there is a sense that it's OK for Draco to do
>what he does, and I will fight that every single time.

If it is OK for Harry to a certain thing, then it must also be OK
for Draco to do that exact same thing. Likewise if it wrong for
Draco to do a thing, then it must also be wrong for Harry to do
that exact same thing - anything else is hypocricy.

But as far as I can tell, this is not what you're objecting to.
The way I read your message you're referring to people e.g.
claiming that because Harry has been out at night, then it is
OK for Draco to dress up a Dementor to obstruct Harry? If I
read that correctly, then I agree with you. It is interesting,
by the way, that we don't see Draco breaking the rules much -
he seems perfectly capable of being obnoxious without
resorting to rule-breaking.

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