Case for Marauders (was Re: Marauders, Voldemort and the Map)

[romulusmmcdougal]

No: HPFGUIDX 109615

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
> Alla:
> 
> I apologise, I REALLY do not mean to look down upon your arguments. 
> But I have to ask you this again. Could you give me ONE quote from 
> canon, confirming that James was a DE.

RMM:
I have inferential and circumstantial evidence that shows that James 
Potter was a Death Eater.
I do not have CONFIRMATION, for then we would not be in the realm of 
speculation.  I believe I stated in my earlier post that I was 
speculating.

Secondly, Death Eaters, in the early days were POPULAR.
You see, the problem here is this.  Everyone now knows that the Death 
Eaters and Voldemort are EVIL.
The first war has come and gone, Voldemort has re-assembled his 
minions, or what is left of them, and a 2nd war is on its way.

However, the Marauders and the rest of them lived during the time 
BEFORE and during the first war.
The Death Eaters, by Sirius Black's own words, were POPULAR.
It was POPULAR to join the Death Eaters.  One may or may not have had 
a EVIL DESIRE or EVIL INTENTION when joining.  Death Eaters were 
POPULAR.
Real world example:  Nazism was POPULAR at one time.  People joined 
because it was the POPULAR thing to do.
Today, in hindsight, we see the EVILNESS of Nazism.  But then, at 
that time, one did not see it.

> Am I understanding you 
> correctly that you are not even claiming that James was influenced 
by 
> Dark Arts. You are claiming that James was a Death Eater. That is 
a  
> huge leap, IMO.

RMM:
James and the rest of the Marauders were totally intrigued by their 
curiosity.  The Dark Arts tempts the curious.

Alla:
> Now, please don't get me wrong. Even though I am a big fan of 
Sirius 
> and I do like Marauders, I never claimed that they are perfect, but 
> being flawed human beings and being a DE are two very different 
> things, IMO

RMM:
Yes, if you look at it in hindsight, that is my viewpoint too.
But, we cannot put ourselves and our hindsight into the shoes of the 
Marauders who were there living the early days of Death Eater -ism.

RMM
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