Marietta and Hermione (was JKR's Messages ) (was Re: Hermione In Trouble?)

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"delwynmarch" <delwynmarch at y...> wrote:

> we started this discussion with you 
> describing Marietta as a deeply evil
> person and me arguing that she might
> have had very good and important excuses,
> circumstances and most importantly of all motives. 

You talk a lot about motives and I don't doubt Marietta
had a motive of some sort for her treachery, I'm sure
she had a reason but I'm not very interested in 
finding out what it is. You may be able to explain
exactly why a person becomes a monster, but that doesn't 
make them one bit less of a monster. If a man is chasing 
me with a bloody ax I really don't care what his motivation
is, beautiful thoughts may be going on in his head for 
all I know, I don't care, I just want him to stop. 

> Who was making the moral judgement there? 

Obviously we both are, saying something is not evil is as much a 
judgment as saying that it is. And what's so wrong about making 
moral judgments anyway?
 
> If you can't see the distinction between
> "I like what's right and dislike what's wrong",
> and "What I like is right and what I dislike is
> wrong", that's scary. 

This must be the first time in human history when saying I like to 
do good stuff and don't like to do bad stuff has scared someone.
You must scare real easy.

> It [Are you a God?] was in no way a rhetorical question. 

It Wasn't?! So you really didn't know the answer to
that question, you really wanted an answer, you 
really thought there was a possibility you were
communicating with a God. I'm flattered. 

> I guess you're a better instant judge of people than I am. 

Apparently so, probably it has something to do with me being a God 
and all. 

> we have a wizard [Fudge] who dresses sensibly 
> even if old-fashionedly, 

Right, lots of conservative men have lime green bowler hats.

> does the wizarding community know who are 
> the fighters on either side?

If they don't they certainly should.

 > And where are the reports about the war? 

Harry doesn't need to read reports to know a war is going on, he 
experienced it first hand. This entire war debate started because I 
said extreme measures are necessary in war so the punishment of 
Marietta was not excessive, you responded that there was no war. 
Seeing Voldemort in the flesh and being tied to a tombstone and 
tortured so horribly he wanted to die has convinced Harry that there 
is a war going on. It would convince me too. As I said before if 
Marietta does not believe this then she is WRONG, and when you make 
an error there are consequences. 

Eggplant