[HPforGrownups] Re: CHAPT. DISCUSSION: Chapter 25, The Beetle At Bay

[theotokos]

No: HPFGUIDX 111976

potioncat <willsonkmom at msn.com> wrote: snipping other posts

> Theotokos wrote:
> I have been following this thread some and I cannot stand it 
anymore.  
> Hermione doesn't owe that woman anything!  Rita made Harry and 
Hermione's 
> lives miserable in GofF and never had a seconds pause about it.  

Potioncat:
Well, look at this differently.  Someone in your child's school 
commits a crime.  Your neighbor, instead of turning the criminal in, 
blackmails the criminal.  The crime is no longer beining commited, 
but the criminal is not only not arrested, no one knows about it.

How would you feel about that?  Because this is fiction, we can 
cheer when the good guy pulls one over on the bad guy, and not think 
too much about it.

Theotokos replies:

I thought I sent this message already then I see it in Drafts.  oops.
Okay, I understand (sort of) your position.  However, as has been pointed out, these are KIDS (not shouting, just emphasizing).  To compound that, these KIDS do not have a great track record for being listened to.  Who would believe them?  Rita would say they were just trying for revenge because they got their feelings hurt or were embarrassed by her "outing" their romantic lives.  If there was a way to check Hermione's 'story' for truth, (is there due process in the WW) would the WW powers that be care to be bothered?  Would the authorities need something more than a unsubstantiated accusation to do a "search" of Rita for animagus residue? ;-)  I also think it is empowering for Hermione to be able to take care of this herself.  She and Harry have been victims of Rita all year without any recourse.  So what if she tells the authorities about Rita?  Rita has to register.  Does that keep her from writing more horribly damaging stories?  Does that keep her from writing more sordid lies  about Harry and Hermione?  What is to protect them from her in the future?  No adult will lift a finger, not even DD.

Theotokos






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