Detour (Was Re: Draco chapter)

[Eustace_Scrubb]

No: HPFGUIDX 116988


> Eustace:
> > So perhaps he does try to spring Lucius from Azkaban, but ends up
> > doing something completely unrelated.  Then again, nobody seems to
> > think that Azkaban is going to be very difficult for the DEs to 
> > break out of--Draco's "assistance" might not be needed or even 
> > welcome.
> 
> SSSusan:
> It's interesting how quickly we've lost the idea that Azkaban is 
> difficult to get out of.  It took Sirius 12 years to do it and he 
> was the *first*...but then those DEs broke out en masse, and I
guess 
> that's what has made us think it can happen again easily.  Voldy's 
> return & his alliance w/ the Dementors and all.

Eustace_Scrubb:
Good point!  For me, the new sense on Azkaban is based on 1) Daily
Prophet report that Fudge admits the Dementors are now answering to
"Lord Thingy"; 2) Draco boasting to Harry that Lucius and the others
would be out in no time; and perhaps most importantly, 3) Harry's
willingness to go along with that assumption.  

Now, Draco and Harry may not be the world's best analysts of prison
security...and maybe there _are_ other ways to keep wizards in jail
(how long were the Dementors at Azkaban?  only since the first war? 
What's the history of Azkaban anyway?  Ooops, I'm about to go off on
another rant--"Wizards who don't know their history are doomed to
repeat it"--or something like that)

Cheers,

Eustace_Scrubb