Wizard morals, was Re: werewolf joke!!

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 96127

> AmanitaMuscaria now - There seems, as has been commented before, a 
> very odd morality working (or not) in the wizard world.
> The 'werewolf joke' results in a telling-off for MPWW and Snape's 
> lasting emnity. From Snape's POV, it could have resulted in him 
dying 
> or becoming a werewolf himself, with the attendant difficulties 
Lupin 
> has around jobs.
> Tom's 'unmasking' of Hagrid as 'The Heir of Slytherin' leads to 
> Hagrid's expulsion and hire as gamekeeper at Hogwarts - the 
Ministry 
> who believed Tom thought he'd KILLED a girl, for heaven's sake - 
and 
> what about her parents?

Jen: Here's one to add to the list: If no one believed DD & Harry, 
that LV killed Cedric, why was there no further investigation? You'd 
think his parents and the rest of the WW would be very curious about 
Harry & Cedric's mysterious disapperance and Cedric's death.

But of course, if DD was suspended pending an investigation, we 
wouldn't need the whole Umbridge plot in Book 5 ;). 

Actually, I take the WW 'odd morality' (as Amanita Muscaria aptly 
calls it) for what it is--an interesting part of the plot. JKR said 
this in a 1999 Book Links interview: "The book is really about the 
power of the imagination. What Harry is learning to do is to develop 
his full potential. Wizardry is just the analogy I use." Later she 
goes on to say: "One of the nicest things about writing for children 
is that you don't find them deconstructing novels. Either they like 
it or they don't like it." 

I take those comments to mean she didn't expect for her WW morality 
to be on the chopping block, like it is 'round here!