Why Arthur & Molly were not in the Order the first time around

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 83603

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jwcpgh" <jwcpgh at y...> wrote:
 
> 
> Laura again:
> 
> Sorry, still not buying.  We didn't have twins but we did have kids 
> 2 1/2 years apart, so I do remember all too well how utterly 
> exhausted you get.  Still...this is a war we're talking about 
here.  
> Are you arguing that there was *nothing* either Arthur or Molly 
> could do to help the cause?  I repeat, no one was safe while LV and 
> his little friends were powerful.  Getting involved in the fight 
> against the force that threatened everyone's lives would have been 
> the best way to make sure your kids grew up.  
> 
> Okay, I'm pretty ticked off at Molly for insulting Sirius (in his 
> own house yet) and being generally overprotective and annoying but 
> still...

I think it is also a question of connections, who is in the order, 
and who isn't. I am sure there are several wizards and witches who 
want to help, but don't know about the order, because the members 
don't know them well enough to trust them. This was probably also the 
case in the first war. I think the Order consisted of a few persons 
Dumbledore trusted and their friends. Maybe the Weasleys weren't 
known enough by the members of the first Order. As far as we know, 
even Minerva McGonagall wasn't a member of the first Order, and 
Flitwick and Sprout aren't members know.

Hickengruendler