The Sneak Mark (was "Slytherin" Hermione?)

[huntergreen_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 112767

Bookworm:
>>As a group we argue both (1) that these are just teenagers, not
adults, and shouldn't be expected to act like adults, and (2)
that they are in the middle of a war, have to grow up quickly and
act like adults. Hermione's actions are more like an adult's.
Viewed as a teenager's prank, the Sneak mark goes too far. But
viewed in a war-time setting...?<<

HunterGreen:
I don't see it as an act of war though. Was it up to Hermione to 
attack those who didn't believe that Voldemort was back? Essentially 
this is what it comes down to. Marietta joined the group to learn 
defensive spells, thats it. The group became like an anti-Umbridge 
group, but that was not something that she believed in or was 
comfortable with. You can't persecute her for not growing up fast and 
acting like an adult, because she's not one yet. She's still living 
with her parents (when she's not at school), and the other teenagers 
we've seen in the story (Neville, Dean, Seamus, Draco) are *very* 
influenced by what their parents think. 
I have trouble seeing the sneak mark as a 'war time' thing, because 
the only war that they were involved with was a war against Umbridge, 
which Marietta never joined. Also, punishing someone *after* the fact 
of telling on the group only achieves spite. It would have been far 
more effective if she had warned the group that this would happen. 

IMO, they should have talked to Cho after the group became illegal 
and asked her if Marietta *really* wanted to be a member. It would 
have been better not to have someone who wasn't against the Ministry 
in the group in the first place.