McG / DD / Re: Why should Harry be expected to listen to anyone at H

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No: HPFGUIDX 123023


Nicky Joe:
> And just how many times does Voldemort have to try and kill him 
> before he picks up the clue phone and runs off to hide?  I can't 
> believe anyone would think it a bad idea that he stand up to 
> Umbridge.  Yeah, maybe it was stupid, but at least he made the 
> attempt!  At least he tried to get through to that little evil 
> peabrain of hers.  He's fought Voldemort, for crying out loud!  why 
> should he be afraid to stand up to a teacher?  Especially when 
> she's dead wrong?  Oh wait, is this another one of those "repect 
> for authority" things?  I have issues there...


SSSusan:
No, Nicky Joe, I don't think it's about "respect for the office," nor 
is it about whether Harry's RIGHT.  Of *course* he's right!  But 
there is a bigger issue at hand.  Not causing problems with DJU is 
about safety, about preservation of The Order, about keeping himself 
from being expelled, about keeping DD from being kicked out of 
Hogwarts.  It's about NOT MAKING WAVES, you know?  

There are times to make waves.  If this were *not* a period of war, 
and Voldy were nowhere in the picture, I'd be cheering Harry on for 
standing up to that wench.  But this *is* a period of war, Voldy *is* 
on the rise, and what matters most just now isn't whether Harry is 
right or wrong but what will happen if he keeps opening his trap and 
yelling at a high-ranking Ministry official who has the back of an 
anti-Harry/DD Minister of Magic.

Siriusly Snapey Susan