Umbridges Motives (some spoilers)

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"Dave" <dk_manchester at h...> wrote: 

>> After reading Order Of The Phoenix, (at least twice), I cannot understand 
why, a senior ministry employee, like Umbride, would resort to sending the 
Dementors to 'Kiss' Harry. I know the reason she gives, in chapters 32 and 33, 
(paraphrasing) that she wanted to help her boss, the Minister of Magic, but 
would there not be repercussions for such action.  The equivalent of the death 
penalty for being awkward and inconvenient sent on a teenage boy, Harry Potter, 
without a trial etc. 

Is there something else I'm missing? Dave <<


I say:

What you are missing is that Fudge doesn't care about trials and acts 
unilaterally. Think of Crouch being given to the Dementors at the end of POA. And he 
sent Sirius to Azakaban without a trial. That the rest of the MOM went along 
with this is one of the places where I simply have to accept what JKR has 
written. 

Laws and rules in the WW seems to be enforced very arbitrarily. One of the 
few problems that I have with the WW has to do with the foolishness or 
immaturity of "adults."  With exceptions, I don't have a lot of respect for adult 
wizards. 

---Mary


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