you CAN'T hurt a BABY!!!

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 109965

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "theredshoes86" 
<ballerinalaura at m...> wrote:

> 
> I mean, why else would Hermione say that? the guy was a 
Death Eater, she wouldn't have minded hurting him. And there 
are no other accounts of babies being hurt in any of the books ....
> 
> ANY THOUGHTS??????

Actually, Neville's people are always trying to hurt him, in hopes 
of activating his magic.  We don't know how old he was when he 
got tossed off the pier, but he was younger than eight. Baby Harry 
is prodded and pinched, and later punched, by cousin Dudley. 

I think JKR is drawing a line between chivalric sentiment and 
true chivalry. It's easy to defend the weak and innocent when 
they're cute and harmless. Even Umbridge has a soft spot for 
kittens. But Hermione, an unsentimental sort who refuses to 
gush over baby unicorns, is a true Gryffindor and will protect even 
Kreacher and babyhead.


Pippin