Double standards and believing

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 120967


SSSusan wrote:
> "I meant Harry/Hermione/Ron/F&G/Ginny -- anyone in Harry's inner
> circle who understood/believed that Voldy was back, that Cedric was
> killed  because he was back, that war was on its way."
 
Del comments:
> OK, this is something that has been bothering me lately. Let me 
> start with some examples.
> 
> Ernie's parents believe DD so Ernie believes Harry : good.
> Seamus' mother believes Fudge so Seamus believes Fudge : bad.
<big snip> 
> See where I'm going ?
> There are way too many double-standards being applied sometimes on
> this list IMO.

 
SSSusan:
Um.  I'm not sure why my description of who I considered the core 
kids at the Hog's Head was used as an example for the issue of 
whether we're holding people to a double-standard or not.  

I was describing, in direct response to your questioning who I meant 
by "these kids" in a prior post, WHO I was including in 
Harry's "inner circle;" i.e., who it was who had reason to know the 
things I listed at the end of the sentence (that Voldy was back, how 
Cedric had died, etc.).  

May I ask why/how that is holding anyone to a standard of some 
sort?  I pronounced no value judgment about these people as being 
good or bad.  I merely explained that it made sense that this group 
of kids knew more about what the DA was going to be about and how 
serious it might be than the kids who'd been brought in from outside 
that inner group.  AND that was why I was faulting Hermione some for 
not having explained things better or having been on the lookout for 
kids who were hesitant about joining.

Siriusly Snapey Susan, a little bewildered