Who is the adult (Was: Who's to blame for Occlumency?)

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 100812


> 
> Pippin:
> 
> Er, yes, but  there's not much point in rooting for Harry's 
> redemption since he's never done anything really bad.   In 
> keeping with what some have seen as Christian themes in the 
> work, it could be Harry's task to be an agent of redemption for 
> others, Slytherins included, which, I hasten to add, does  not 
> preclude their being just as bad as you say. 
> 


I don't see people as rooting for Slytherin redemption. To do so 
would be to admit  they need redeemed, and we haven't even gotten 
that far yet.

Apologizing for behavior while trying to drag down Harry's behaviors 
to some level of moral equivalency -- He was mean to the Creevey 
boys, so Draco can call Hermione a mudblood if he wants -- is not 
hoping for redemption.

To have that, we'd have to have admission that the Slyths are 
wrong. :)

Darrin