[HPforGrownups] JKR's Messages (was Re: Hermione In Trouble?)

[BrwNeil at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 120729

 
 
In a message dated 12/29/2004 6:15:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
dumbledore11214 at yahoo.com writes:

and in  Marietta's case it is 
arguable whether she deserved the punishment or not.  (I'd say she did 
not deserve such harsh punishment, but what she did was  quite bad 
too).

Just my  opinion

Alla


I'd be interested in what type of punishment you would think  appropriate.  
Remember, Umbridge most likely would have expelled every  member of the DA if 
she had been able to prove they were having meetings.   Marietta didn't care 
what happened to any of the members including Cho who  was supposedly her 
friend. 
 
Marietta was not forced to attend the meetings.  She could have quit  after 
the meeting in Hogsmeade.  There was no punishment for leaving the  group.  
Somehow I feel that if Cho had been expelled, she would not have  been nearly as 
fast to defend Marietta nor would she have considered what  Hermione did as 
cruel.

 
Neil



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