The Sneak Mark (was "Slytherin" Hermione?)

[totorivers]

No: HPFGUIDX 112978

> David:
> > On some of the wider arguments presented in this thread, I 
> feel that  whether, as a technical legal matter Hermione had the 
> right to 'punish' Marietta is somewhat beside the point.  <
> 
> Pippin:
> To me, it's exactly the point. Hermione is very sensitive about 
> lack of due process, lack of  informed consent, cruel and 
> unusual punishments, unrepresentative government and being 
> nasty to toerags in general, but it's a case of being able to see 
> the speck in your neighbor's eye better than the two by four in 
> your own. 


Toto: Once again, you assume something, that Hermione did that for 
*punishment*. She didn't. When Malfoy bothers her, she does not 
punish him, and so on... What Hermione did was a preventive measure: 
If there is a betrayer, they would know who it is, and be able to 
remove that person from the D.A. Hence, she couldn't warn them, as 
it would have given them a chance to take off the hex.

Toto