Fudge: Evil or what???

[snow15145]

No: HPFGUIDX 107115



HunterGreen:
>snipped a lot<
Also, he appears to be at the VERY least, mildly prejudice. He makes
comments about both Hagrid and Madam Maxine being half-giants, AND
comments about Lupin and his werewolf-ness during his argument with
Dumbledore in GoF. And then Dumbledore accuses him of being blinded
by his love of power and that he places too much importance on blood-
purity, a charge that Fudge doesn't dispute. And Dumbledore says this
shortly after Dumbledore was 'staring hard at Fudge, as though seeing
him plainly for the first time.'.

Snow:

This statement spurred my thought processes the most; Dumbledore 
plainly sees Fudge for the first time. Dumbledore is adept at 
legilimency so by this statement that he was "staring hard at Fudge" 
we can assume that he saw his true self-serving attributes. 
Dumbledore from this point on realizes that the Ministry, whom is 
directed by Fudge, is beyond being helpful and takes the necessary 
steps to avoid confrontation. Dumbledore orders full night and day 
protection for Harry over the summer to compensate for the failing 
government.

This reminded me of the following statement by Harry who feels the 
government would surely support him:  

OOP pg. 22 "But I was getting rid of dementors, I had to use magic- 
they're going to be more worried what dememtors were doing floating 
around Wisteria Walk, surely?"
"Oh my dear, I wish it were so but I'm afraid-
"  

Shouldn't the government have acted exactly the way Harry expected it 
to act, concerned more with public safety from stray dementors than 
the illegal use of magic in front of muggles? Yes, it should have, 
but wouldn't this cause a panic? We wouldn't want a Panic Outbreak 
even in the real world.
So the government justifies their behavior by saying that 
without "sufficient" cause to alert the general public to a possible 
threat they could not be held accountable due to insufficient 
evidence. 


Doesn't Fudge make a great politician! He sits on both sides of the 
fence but when push comes to shove he will do what he thinks the 
majority favors. It is in his best political interest to side this 
way based on the evidence submitted. I don't see Fudge as anything 
more than a self-serving politician. The majority of all people like 
the stasis quo and do not wish to accept a huge threat on their way 
of life until it is forced on them. The majority of Harry's 
classmates would not accept the same inevitability that their very 
lives and way of life was possibly being threatened.  

Choices
everyone has one!