Draco Malfoy Question

[Jee H. Lee]

No: HPFGUIDX 85659

> <snip>I just want to know 
> why Dumbledore would allow him to continue at the school, especially 
> when his father is a comfirmed and arrested Death Eater.  
 
As far as I can see, expelling the DEs' offspring from Hogwarts is an excellent way to ensure their becoming DEs themselves. They wouldn't have anywhere else to turn to, and the bitterness alone would make them easy prey for Lord Thingy. 
 
Also, an important rule in politics is to never, ever make martyrs of your enemies. (A lesson villains often forget...) Expelling underage wizards for crimes they didn't commit is an excellent way to make them look like the victims, which Dumbledore wouldn't want to do. 
 
Shannon: 
> Wouldn't keeping someone like that at a school where there are other 
> children pose such a risk their safety that you would have to assume 
> Dumbledore would expell the children of known Death Eaters now the 
> Voldemort is back?
 
As another poster has said, keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. Sure, kids like Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle, Nott etc. pose a potential risk to other childrens' safety--but that's the same everywhere in the WW now that Voldemort is back. Nobody and nowhere is safe, and the false sense of security from eliminating the "bad apples" could be even more dangerous than keeping them close, and keeping an eye on them. 
 
I say false sense of security because the obviously dangerous elements aren't the real danger--remember Book 1, where Snape was the obvious suspect and Quirrell turned out to be the real baddie. Everyone will be wary of Draco et al. because their fathers are in Azkaban for being Death Eaters, precisely why they couldn't try anything, at least successfully. No, the real danger is the people no one will suspect. That's why I believe expelling the Death Eaters' kids will do more harm than good. 
 
Aside from the practical merits of such a move, as others have said Dumbledore would never expell any students for the crimes of their parents. 
 
Of course, Fudge and the MoM is another story. But if Snape can shove his Dark Mark under Fudge's nose and still work at school, I don't expect Draco has anything to fear. 
 
-Lunatique



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