a maddening question of my own

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No: HPFGUIDX 91248

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Hitomi" <japanesesearcher at y...>
> wrote:
> > dj_bagshaw wrote:
> > > In CoS, we learn that Hagrid was expelled from Hogwarts for 
> > > "opening  the chamber of secrets".  Now that his name has been 
> > > cleared, why is he still not allowed to practice and/or learn 
> > > magic?  If it was all a  misunderstanding (as it turns out it 
> > > was), why can't he have a wand  again?
> 
> 
> People accept that Hagrid is innocent but there has yet to be a public
> hearing to officially reverse the ruling against him. Unofficially,
> Hagrid can do all the magic he wants, but OFFICIALLY, there is still a
> legal ruling against him. I suspect that the Ministry was even willing
> to look the other way until the recent paranoid conflict between the
> Ministry and Dumbledore came into being. Now, the Ministry is looking
> for any excuse to come down on Dumbledore and his supporters, which
> means that Hagrid once again has to be careful. 
> 
> That legal ruling against him needs to be overturned, and personally,
> I wish they would get it over with, so we can move on.
> 

Hagrid may be innocent of the original charge against him *but* he was
guilty of obtaining and breeding an Acromantula - defined  as  Class A
Non-Tradeable Goods -  for which there are severe penalties according
to FBaWTFT. 

If  the full story of Tom opening the Chamber came out then so  could
this little  snippet. Judging by Dolly's attitude towards Hagrid the MoM
would leap on it like a starving wolf on to raw steak and Hagrid would 
get further punishment; this time for something he did do.

Kneasy