Marietta and the DA.

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 121425


I, Del, wrote earlier: 
"There's another reason I hold Hermione primarily responsible along
with Cho and Marrietta: she was the only one who had imagined that
there could be a traitor"

Eggplant answered:
"I understand that, what I don't understand is why that is a fault not
a virtue. "

Del replies:
I never said *that* was a fault, don't make me say what I didn't say
by separating the two parts of my argument.

Eggplant wrote: 
"She didn't implement a ironclad procedure that would make betrayal
impossable because she couldn't think of one;"

Del replies:
One very easy measure would have been to tell the DA, *after* they had
all signed, that there would be nasty consequences for whoever decided
to betray. It wouldn't have made Hermione very popular, but it would
have given the DA a sense of the seriousness of the whole matter.

Another easy measure was to *talk* to each member of the DA. It's no
wonder Marrietta could betray them so easily: none of the Trio knew
her, and she didn't know them. Wasn't one of the big problems in OoP
the fact that DD wouldn't talk to Harry, and that as a consequence
Harry lost his trust in DD? Talking is vital, if people are to work
together.

Eggplant wrote:
"she did the best she could, she put a hex on the parchment which if
nothing else that at least ensured nobody could betray them twice."

Del replies:
Betray them *twice* ?? Somehow I don't see Umbridge letting the DA
survive once she knew about them, which wouldn't give anyone a chance
to betray them a second time.

Eggplant wrote:
"And yet, many here say even doing that was too much. When half the
people say you're doing too much and the other half say too little
you're probably doing about right."

Del replies:
Except that you're mixing apples and oranges. Some say that Hermione's
hex was too cruel a *punishment*, I say that it was too weak (totally
inefficient in fact) as a *preventive measure*. Not the same thing at all.

Del