Abusive Crouch!Moody (was: In Defense of Snape)

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Betsy writes:
>Alla, are you seriously condoning Crouch!Moody publically 
humiliating 
>and physically assaulting Draco?  Does it matter if he did it out of 
>anger or not? 

I wondered about this scene when I re-read it because Crouch!Moody 
shouldn't have any reason to torment Malfoy - the REAL Moody, yes, 
but Crouch!Moody, no.  Until I remembered that Crouch!Moody has major 
contempt for the DEs that were not as loyal to LV, so assaulting 
Draco was probably Crouch!Moody getting a slam a Lucius, although no 
one would know it at the time.  I think the reason no one is 
crying "child abuse" in this scene is because we all know Crouch!
Moody is as evil as Voldemort and Draco probably got off easy.  And 
because Draco is a nasty little sucker and most of us would like to 
see him snapped in half as much as Harry would.  That doesn't justify 
it or make it right, but it is human nature to seek revenge.

Nicky Joe