Aurors (was : Why were they going to arrest Hagrid?)

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 98381

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, animal lover
<theanimallover_11 at y...> wrote:
> Del replies :
> I don't want to nitpick, but Aurors are most definitely NOT "idiot 
> goons"! If I remember well, one needs at least 5 NEWTs to apply for 
> the job, 
> 
> 
> animallover_11:
> 
> ....  But any time that you need 4 or 5 people to take out MM and
Hagrid you are not dealing with the smartest of characters.  To be a
good Auror you need both the book smarts and "street" smarts.  ... It
is all about finding balance between the books and common sense that
makes you not an idiot!!  
> 
> If you also look at how good DJU feels that she is as well as
Draco....they both need the "goon" strenghth to keep them safe.  You
don't see the true powerful wizards using goons to fight there
battles.  Does it not seem stange the LV is very much like Draco and
DJU.  He is very seldom doing his own bidding. He seems to use his
messengers and goons to take care of things.
> 
> animallover_11


bboy_mn now replies:

Percisely my point AnimalLover_11. The 'idiot goon' comment I made was
a side note, and was a generalization, it's scope was not limited to
Umbridge and the arrest of Hagrid. Megalomaniacal people who fancy
themselves powerful and brilliant usually get other people to do their
dirty work for them. If Draco, for example, is the great and powerful
wizard that he thinks he is, then why does he need Crabbe and Goyle at
his side to intimidate everyone? It's easy to make yourself look
brilliant when the people you hang around with at thick as a brick.
Harry at least hangs out with people who are his intellectual and
magical equal. Ron and Hermione are not simply 'window dressing' for
Harry. 

As I said in my original post, Umbridge's actions were not about
firing Hagrid, she could have done that with a letter, and even if she
were intent on prosecuting Hagrid for criminal damage in the 'Niffler
incident', she could have had the Aurors or more likely general law
enforcement investigate. If she had done so, she would have discovered
that there wasn't a shred of evidence tying Hagrid to either niffler
incident.

But Umbridge sneeked up on Hagrid in the dead of night with a team of
Aurors with the sole intent of intimidating and bullying Hagrid, and
demonstrating the absoluteness of her authority and power. This was
all about power, it had nothing to do with crime or job performance. 

Umbridge had the administrative power to accomplish her goal relative
to both crimes and job performance, but she had to see herself in the
role of a mini-god; almighty and all powerful. Unfortunately, she does
not appear to be sufficiently powerful, either magically or
personally, to accomplish the goal, so she hired a team of goons to
make up for her own lack of personal power, and in doing so,
demonstrated he weakness instead of her strength.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

bboy_mn