MoM Dolores

[Schumar1999]

No: HPFGUIDX 134950

Susan: <snip> The REAL SCANDAL, however, is the retention of Dolores Umbridge.....! I cannot imagine why parents have not risen up and demanded that she be sent to Azkaban....or at least driven out of 
the MoM...


Schumar: HALLELUJAH!! My friends and I were just talking about this tonight, and I was looking through the posts to figure out if I was going to write something myself or just do replies, and you beat me to it. I am so glad that other people are thinking about this, too. 

Unfortunately, we see a lot of people in government (not just in MoM) that should be prison... So I wonder if keeping her in the Ministry was a way to show that the ministry has its corruptions and cover-ups, too. Perhaps she has too much information on other ministry members and their cover-ups to be trusted to go on trial for fear of what she might reveal. We also don't know in what capacity she is serving at the ministry. Maybe she was severely demoted? 

I do agree with you... she should be in prison or at least doing some community service, or working in a department where her new boss was a werewolf. In addition to all her sins and lawbreaking at Hogwarts, she is also responsible for some clearly evil legislation... which 
in turn probably made it easier for Voldemort and Greyback to 
recruit-- the other Werewolves don't see many options. It's still
eerie that many can argue that this is no different than what happens in some Muggle governments. I think I understand Rowling's motivation for having Umbridge at the funeral... I think she even mentioned in an interview that she wanted to have Umbridge there because of the Centaurs, Firenze in particular. 

So, what I'm saying is... maybe Rowling kept her at the ministry to show that the ministry of magic is no better than muggle governments when it comes to corruption, and maybe the ministry kept her because they don't want to expose their own culpability for the events at Hogwarts the previous year, and a cover-up or just "ignoring the facts and they'll go away" might be seen as better. Especially
since the the whole wizarding community KNOWS the truth now about 
Voldemort, anything to show wrongdoing and liability on the part of the MoM would make things that much worse for them. 

Wow... it's too late and I should stop rambling. Sorry if that wasn't as cohesive as I would have liked. 

Marianne S.