McGonagall in OOP. Was; Re: Too "Good" Harry / The resolution of Snape

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> Michael:
But I also think that Harry needed a good "Get a grip on yourself!" I 
know it must be tough what he's going through; however, Harry isn't 
calming himself down enough to even grasp the situation at hand. 
Voldemort's returned, Cedric dead. Only a handful of people believe 
Harry's story, everyone else thinks Harry's a child with superstar 
syndrome.

Alla:

Could you please clarify how exactly Harry is supposed to calm 
himself down without any information? Don't you think that all those 
circumstances do not exactly help him to calm down?


Michael:

 He above all people should already know that he needs to be extra 
> careful now; he's had all summer to think of the implications of 
Voldemort's return. Now that no one believes his story, it is time to 
be more cautious rather than act like a lunatic and further confirm 
the superstar syndrome belief. He should know that Dumbledore's job 
is on the rocks. He should know that his safety lies in Dumbledore. 
He should know to be on the down low to keep from hurting Dumbledore 
& the Order even more.

Alla:

I am sorry, but how he supposed to DO all that? He is a fifteen year 
old, who couple of months ago witnessed the murder of his classmate, 
he spend all summer searching for ANY news about Voldemort's 
whereabouts, hoping that ANYBODY will tell him ANYTHING. You are 
saying he should do all that. I disagree. I think under such 
circumstances it is very hard to calm down for adult and MUCH harder 
for teenager.


Michael:

No wonder they didn't tell him anything much- look at how he's 
acting. Thank God they didn't reveal all their plans to him, he 
would just spew them all out in one angry fit. Did he not grasp all 
of this? What went wrong? Harry, get a grip on yourself and be 
thankful for a biscuit.

Alla:

Well, we all know how "them not bothering to tell Harry what is going 
on" ended. I'd say they better rethink their strategy in the future, 
because Order is faced with much more danger now than Harry spew 
their plans out. (Can I ask you to whom, by the way?).