[HPforGrownups] Re: The Sneak Mark (was "Slytherin" Hermione?)

[theotokos]

No: HPFGUIDX 112808

Totorivers replied:
>>Values? Where are the values on going against a group that shouldnot be illegal, learing lessons that a normal teacher would have taught them...<<

HunterGreen:
The fact is that it WAS illegal. And the school was being told that if they knew people that were breaking the rules that it was their job to step forward and report those things. Sort of like knowing that certain students are using drugs on school grounds, or cheating on tests, or doing other things that break the rules. In this case, the rule is arbitrary and stupid, but that doesn't mean that EVERYONE sees it that way. 
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Theotokos:
 
Isn't that also a bit like the "Black List" in Hollywood during the 50's and the Red Scare?  People being asked to turn in others as Communists?  How fondly do we look on those who followed the law and turned in names?  I, for one, look more favorably on those who refused to cooperate with such tactics.
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HunterGreen:
>I'm not saying what she did was right, just that it didn't violate *her* values.<
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Theotokos:
 
Nor did what Hermione did violate hers.
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Rebecca:
>Ah, there's an interesting quote.  The word used is
"mistrustful."  Perhaps it's not so much that Marietta
doesn't like Harry as that she doesn't trust him?  She
may believe he's a crazy and dangerous boy.  She may
believe that he's putting others (including Cho) at
risk.

I'm not saying that that is definitely her belief.  We
don't know.  But, I think the term used in interesting
and indicative.  It didn't say she looked at him with
jealousy or hate - it said mistrust.<
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Theotokos:
Therefore she shouldn't have joined the group, unless, of course, she was going against her better judgment and looking after Cho.  If that was the case, why wouldn't she warn Cho of all people not to be in the DA on that evening?


Theotokos



 


 


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