When does a war begin?

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 120917


Lupinlore wrote:
"In the case of Hermione and Marietta, Marietta was not at war BUT 
HERMIONE WAS."

Del replies:
Very interesting post, Lupinlore. Thanks!

Concerning the discrepancy between Hermione and Marrietta: I don't
think I ever argued that Hermione didn't feel she was at war. The
Trio, the Order and their associates were very much at war. What I
disagree with is the concept that the entire WW was at war, and that
as such Marrietta and the rest of the general public should have acted
as people in a war. Marrietta possibly did not consider herself either
as a combatant or a non-combatant in a war. She considered herself as
a civilian in an organised country in times of peace. Expecting her or
anyone else in the general public to act and think even remotely
anything like the Trio or the Order did is simply unfair IMO.

Hermione was a soldier in an army. Marrietta wasn't. They can't be
held to the same standards of action and thought.

Del