Is Umbridge on the side of good or bad? (was Re: Is Snape nice or good?)

[deborahhbbrd]

No: HPFGUIDX 127130


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "JaanisE" <jaanise at h...> wrote:
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> 
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> [I]t's hard to believe that Snape is
> really good and why Dumbledore trusts him if he's generally so mean,
> stubborn etc. So, Snape really is not so good after all, he's horrible,
> sadistic, not pleasant - from the quotes. We only call him good because
> he's on the OotP's side.
> 
> And what about my example of Umbridge? Is she good or bad? She's neither
> on DE nor OotP side, I suppose?
> 


Deborah now:

She's a useful idiot, I think - not even a fellow-traveller. She's
Organisation Woman, a born bureaucrat, and she genuinely believes that
Rules Are Right. Remember when Henry II said 'Who will rid me of this
troublesome priest?' and then was upset when the eager beavers went
off and murdered Becket? She's have murdered anyone if the rules said
so or someone in authority requested it. 

As I'm typing, she's sounding more and more like Eichmann. This needs
more thought!

Deborah