Prefect Privileges/Powers

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 84099

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hermowninny719"
<hermowninny719 at y...> wrote:
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> My question is...What privileges/powers do the prefects have with 
> regard to disciplining other students?  
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> While re-reading COS (again!) I noticed that Percy took 5 points
> from Griffindor when he caught Ron in the Moaning Myrtle's bathroom.
> (COS pg 157-158 approx).
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> Do these two events conflict, or is there some way both could be 
> true?
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> Just a thought...
> Hermowninny


bboy_mn:

Percy taking points off would very much seem to conflict with the most
recent book (OoP), however, we only know that Percy SAID he was taking
points off. We don't know that the points were actually lost.

Remember, this occurred during Harry's second year at Hogwarts, and
Percy may have been banking on the fact that Harry and Ron didn't
completely understand the rules of the Prefect system. 

>From the latest book it would seem that Percy's only real option was
to give Harry and Ron detention, and given how the rest of the school
felt about Harry at the time, he may not have had the heart to do
that. So, just to scare them, he may have threatened them with the
loss of house points.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn