Draco is Evil and Lame

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 124782



> Even if someone makes bad choices, they deserve the compassion that
all living things are entitled to. No one (Draco included) deserve
physical or verbal attack. Even if Draco is an instigator, he should
not have been beaten up by Harry and George(or was it Fred?), nor was
it okay for Harry and the other DA members to shower them with curses
at the end of OotP. It is okay to defend yourself and others, but that
went way overboard. As adults it is our job to teach kids that
physical attack is NEVER okay. 
>  
> If everyone followed the old saying "an eye for an eye, and a tooth
for a tooth" the whole planet would be blind and toothless.

> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

That's a wonderful sentiment, and I mean it sincerely.  However,
within the context of HP, and of Harry's life and relationships to his
enemies, there are problems with it.  For instance, if someone (Lupin
for instance) were to try to impress this lesson on Harry, he would be
fully justified in answering, "Oh, really?  And yet I sense you don't
object to ridding the world of Voldemort.  How do you expect me to
accomplish that, debate with him strenuously and have him leave the
country in fear of my eloquence?"

Lupinlore