Why not floo .. to London? Belief vs Reality

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 91715

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "severelysigune"
<severelysigune at y...> wrote:
> bboy_mn wrote:
> <snip>
> << Now the exceptions-
> We have seen that you can Floo/fire travel with in the castle; Snape
> calls Lupin to his office using the fire, and once called, Lupin
> arrives in Snape's office by fire. But travel within the castle
> would not be much of a security risk. So, that acception seems 
> reasonable.>>
> <snip>


> 
> Sigune throws in:
> On the other hand, "Floo-inside-Hogwarts" makes it rather easy, I 
> should think, to break into teachers' offices - or doesn't it? I am 
> just thinking of Snape in GoF, whose office was broken into by Fake!
> Moody.
>
> I can't remember our arriving at any final conclusions about the 
> restrictions of Floo use, but unless these also apply to the 
> fireplaces in teachers' offices, it is odd that there are no more 
> raids on Snape's supply cupboard.
> 
> Yours severely,
> 
> Sigune



bboy_mn:

Again I refer you to my modified subject heading - Belief vs Reality,
and ammend it by saying that what we believe is not always real. We
believe our homes are safe because we closed the windows and locked
the doors, but the truth is, the security of our homes is as fragile
as a piece of glass, because that is all that truly stands between a
robber and his entrance to our home; one thin fragile piece of glass.

Now back to the fictional world-

What's that old saying? ... ah yes, 'never tickle a sleeping dragon'.
It's true a student could break into McGonagal's or Snape's office by
using the fireplace, but who would be so suicidal that they would dare
do such a thing. Well, Fake!Moody would, but let's face it, he's not
exactly dealing with a full deck. 

Plus, you need to consider the 'leaving' fireplace; they arrive at
Snape's fireplace, but what fireplace do they leave from? Possibly the
Common Room fireplace but that's not exactly in a private area. In
addition, we don't see any Floo Powder in the Common Room. Students
insane enough to break into Snape's office, still need a source of
Floo powder. 

Of course, Floo powder isn't that hard to come by, the Weasley's and
presumably most other wizard families have it at home, but I don't
think a student would plan something like this months in advance.
Doing something as nuts a breaking into Snape's office seem more like
an impulsive spur of the moment type of thing.

So, yes, any student willing to risk months worth of heinous
detentions and the rath of Snape could easily break into his office.
But who would be so foolhardy?

Just a thought.

bboy_mn