CHAPT. DISCUSSION: Chapter 25, The Beetle At Bay

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> > Debbie: 
> > 
> > I don't think so.  To be honest, there's something very 
unsettling  about the fact that she assembles a pair of people she 
has little or  no respect for (Rita and Luna) and gets them to do 
her bidding.  
>> > 
> 
> Asian_lovr2:> 
> In essense, Hermione is saying to a criminal, act in a moral, 
ethical, and legal manner, or I will tell people you are a criminal. 
While that may technically fit the definition of Blackmail, is 
anyone really going to see it that way


potioncat:
It would depend on who was "looking."  Hermione didn't have the 
authority to do this.  What if your neighbor allowed a criminal to 
rent his house as long as he "behaved." 

Steve:
Another example; if you tell your kids, do
> your chores or else ...no allowance. That's blackmail, but would
> anyone really consider it blackmail? I think not in both cases.

Potioncat:
But parents have the authority to make and enforce rules.  Hermione 
had no such authority.  Had Lucius Malfoy done something like this 
we'd be very upset.

In fact, I've said it before, except for the unfortunate 
circumstances of her birth, Hermione would make a good Slytherin.

Potioncat who thinks Gryffindors and Slytherins have a lot of traits 
in common.