Hermione In Trouble?

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 120670


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "greatelderone" 
<greatelderone at y...> wrote:
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kate" <katiebug1233 at y...> 
> wrote:
> > I think that there is a definite difference in Hermione & Company 
> > and Umbridge & Company.  It lies in their INTENTIONS.  Hermione 
is 
> > trying to protect people, help her friend and save Sirius while 
> > Umbridge is a lot like Voldy in the fact that she is power hungry 
> > and will go to any lengths to get it.  I don't think that it was 
> > Hermione's intention for the centaurs to kill Umbridge, just 
> provide 
> > enough of a distraction for them to escape.  
> 
> GEO: How could Hermione not know that the centaurs were going to 
> kill Umbridge or at least do something awful to her. Remember she 
> was in the forest when they issued their threat in respect towards 
> Hagrid when they insinuated that they were going to kill him if it 
> were not for Harry and Hermione since they didn't slaugther foals.

Hickengruendler:

IMO, you are forgetting one thing. Umbridge wanted to Crucio Harry. 
Harry's life or sanity was in danger. Hermione just tried to save 
him. Therefore, whatever happened to Umbridge, was done out of self-
defense? Where the centaurs are danger to Umbridge and did Hermione 
consider this? Probably, if not likely. Did Umbridge nonetheless 
deserve it? I say she did, because she wanted to torture a student 
(right after admitting that she wanted to soul-suck him as well). 
Hermione had to made a decision between Harry's life and sanity and 
Umbridge's life sanity, between an innocent schoolboy and an highly 
dangerous and evil woman. IMO, she chose right, simply because 
Harry's life is worthier than Umbridge's. This might sound harsh, and 
I am normally against self-justice or death penalty, but to give an 
example: If you have to risk Hitler's life, because he wants to kill 
Mother Theresa and you want to save her, what would you do? I 
honestly think this was the situation in which Hermione was.

Hickengruendler