Marietta and Hermione (was JKR's Messages ) (was Re: Hermione In Trouble?)

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 120789


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:
> 
> Pippin:
> 
> > > I think Hermione was wrong to use the 
> > > centaurs' xenophobia as a weapon. 
> 
> Eggplant:
> 
> > So let me get this straight, if you had been in Hermione's 
> shoes you would have done the "moral" thing and Umbridge 
>  would have won and Harry would have suffered a horrible death. 
> Hermione did the "immoral" thing and as a result Umbridge 
>  lost and Harry lived.<
> 
> Pippin:
> Um, the centaurs were going to drag Harry and Hermione off and 
> do whatever they did to Umbridge. If her plan had worked as she 
> intended, Hermione's "morality" would have resulted in three 
> people being driven insane instead of just one. IMO, it was 
> immoral as well as stupid for Hermione to try to unleash a 
> weapon she couldn't control.  It would have been far more 
> sensible as well as ethical  to lead Umbridge to Grawp in the 
> first place. At least he was her friend.
> 
> Pippin

Hickengruendler:

This might be true, but Hermione didn't have much time to think of a 
plan. She had to save Harry, and she had to do it quickly. If she had 
waited a bit longer to make a better plan, than Harry could have 
joined Neville's parents in St. Mungo's. Besides, the centaurs told 
her, that they don't hurt foals, therefore Hermione had a reason to 
believe that she and Harry make it out of the forest unharmed. In the 
end she made a mistake in telling the centaurs that she used them. 
Therefore basically it was her honesty/big mouth that brought them 
into trouble, not the deed itself. And while telling the centaurs the 
truth probably was very foolish, it wasn't immoral.