When did the Ministry know about Death Eaters and their M...

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Agent_Maxine_is at hotmail.com writes:

> was thinking, the Ministry 
> could not have known about Death Eaters having the scar etched in 
> their arms, otherwise it would have been a much simpler matter to 
> distinguish the Death Eaters (wells, at least those who claimed that 
> they had no association, as for those who claimed that they were 
> under Imperius Curse, I don't know..).
> 
> But at the end of Goblet, when Snape showed Fudge his burnt Mark in 
> the hospital wing, Fudge didn't seem surprised in any ways - which 
> led me to believe that Ministry now knows about the DE's scar.  Does 
> that mean the Ministry learned about it much after Voldemort's 
> downfall?  If they did acquire this much-more-accurate way of 
> distinguishing Death Eaters, why didn't they check Azkaban inmates to 
> make sure that they did have the right people in prison?


I think something we need to remember is that the ministry, much like our 
real-life government, is a crooked establishment.  Lucius Malfoy owns many people in the ministry--not enough to save everyone, but enough to save a 
few bad guys and damn a few innocents.  Fudge seems more scared of 
Dumbledore than Voldemort at times.  Remember, just because Fudge isn't an outright DE, doesn't mean that he isn't a DE sympathizer who hates muggles 
and muggles and mudbloods as much as Lucius.  

I view the ministry the way I view my own (American) government; they're a 
bunch of powerhungry rich conservative old men with a few progressive 
thinkers (like Mr. Weasley) who get lost in the cracks and struggle just to make a dent in the world's problems.  Call me jaded, but I wouldn't be surprised if Fudge knew Sirius was innocent all along.  His pockets are 
being filled by the likes of Lucius Malfoy, after all.

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that 
brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass 
over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye 
to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." 
Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear, Dune


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