When does a war begin?

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 120945


Renee wrote earlier:
 "Marietta got the same information from DD as the other students did
about what happened at the end of the Triwizard Tournament."
 
I, Del, replied:
"Yes, and how many students believed Harry or DD at that time?"

Renee answered:
"Irrelevant. Ernie Mcmillan and Zacharias Smith, to name a few, had
the same information Marietta had, yet they didn't betray the DA."

Del replies:
That wasn't what we were discussing. Your original argument that
prompted my question was :

"Marietta got the same information from DD as the other students did
about what happened at the end of the Triwizard Tournament. True,
she did face a dilemma: to believe her own mother, working for the
Ministry that denied Voldemorts return, or to believe DD. In the
end, loyalty to her mother apparently overrode loyalty to the
Headmaster."

You were implying that Marrietta was wrong for not believing Harry and
as a consequence for not believing there was a war going on (this
thread is about the war, remember). It wasn't about her betrayal
months later, it was about not believing Harry and DD when DD told
Harry's story at the end of GoF. So I'm asking you again : how many
students believed Harry and DD then?

Del