Marrietta's betrayal -Higher Moral Authority

[huntergreen_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 110945

B_Boymn:
>> I will first state that I don't think Marietta did anything 
morally wrong; her errors were social. And I said before that she was 
in a very difficult position, but at anytime, she had the option to 
simply not participate in the DA Club. True, her name was already on 
the list, but she never would have been caught in the act.<<

HunterGreen:
In either case, she still knew that the group still existed, and even 
if she stopped going to meetings herself, she would probably be able 
to guess when Cho was going to one. You are correct in saying that we 
don't know why she went to Umbridge, but I personally think that she 
believed it was the right thing to do. Even if she wasn't in the 
position of going to the meetings herself, she still had information 
about them that she was keeping from other authorities, people that 
she might not have seen as corrupt (even though they were). 
I am curious why she kept going to the meetings though...

B_Boymn:
>>Also, upon giving it a great deal of thought, if the DA Club is
reformed during the next school year, a belief of which I am a strong
supporter in my many posts on the subject, I believe the Marietta will
be allowed to continue to be part of the club; although reluctantly at
first. Some of that is based on my personal beliefs about how the club
will be reformed, but I've already spoken about that and it's too long
to add here.<<

HunterGreen:
If it is reformed, it will at that point (most likely) be 
an 'official' club, meaning that if she wanted to join she wouldn't 
have to worry about getting in trouble for being a member. The whole 
thing would be de-mystified. After all, they *weren't* training an 
army against Umbridge and Fudge, they were just learning hexes and 
curses to defend themselves. I think in that situation, with the 
class being supported/allowed by the school, if she wanted to join, 
no one could stop her. Although, if its the same people who were in 
it the year before, I can't imagine her feeling that welcome.