Prefect Privileges/Powers

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 84125

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Shaun Hately" <drednort at a...>
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> > bboy_mn:
> >
> > 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.

> Shaun:
> 
> I can't see it - because Percy seems to me smart enough to 
> understand how much this could backfire. ...edited...
> 
> There's also the factor that I don't think many kids in a boarding
> school like Hogwarts would be unaware of the intricacies of the
> disciplinary system by their second year. ...edited...


bboy_mn (who vigorously raises the white flag):

I was trying to point out, as usual, that there are likely
explainations for seeming inconsistencies. When ever we find any
seeming inconsistancy, I find it better to look for an explainations
that is likely even if I have to make one up that is unsupported,
rather than look for proof that it is a mistake.

I still stand by my idea as a possibility, but I think your idea that
house points can only be taken from the house in which the Prefect is
a member as the MOST LIKELY explaination, and if I had remembered it
from when you've brought it up in the past, it probably would have
been the one that I too mentioned.

So, I humbly bow to the superior knowledge of an actual Prefect.

bboy_mn