Draco's crime ( Repost of Amy Z post)

[phoenixgod2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 128900

 
> Betsy:
 
> Also, I really see a bias here when folks jump all over Draco for 
> not being all ears during Hagrid's lecture (taking place outside, 
> where it's even easier to drift) and then turn around and blame 
> Snape because Neville doesn't follow directions written out on a 
> blackboard.  Every other professor at Hogwarts starts their 
classes 
> out with fairly benign magic, and still caldrons get melted and 
> feathers blow up.  Hagrid decides to start *his* class out with a 
> creature that earns a level 3 classification from the MoM.  (My 
> theory is that Hagrid geared his classes towards his own 
preferences 
> rather than thinking about his students.  A beginners mistake, I 
> would imagine.)

You could make the same argument about Snape. As I recall, when we 
were talking about Snapes teaching style, one of the things 
(positively) brought up was that his students were so very advanced 
for their grade. Maybe Snape's at fault for Neville by teaching 
students how to run before they can walk in potions? Or I could make 
the opposite arguement about Hagrid. Maybe he was merely attempting 
to help the kids become advanced :) Which Harry (who followed 
instructions) certainly seems to become considering what he 
accomplishes later. I mean, if Hagrid were really an awful teacher 
DD wouldn't have let him teach, right? He would never sacrifce the 
wee one's education for any reason, right?

<heehee>

I think the difference between Neville and Draco is this: There 
isn't any evidence that is deliberately not following instructions 
and more than ample evidence he is just screwing up because Potions 
is hard. I can remember being in my chem classes and screwing up all 
the while following directions. some things are just difficult to do 
and more than just pluging things into an equation.

Draco on the other hand was in total safety and would have been fine 
if he just listened. he didn't accidently screw up, he deliberately 
disobeyed Hagrid because he was didn't want to listen to the stupid 
half-blood freak.

wildly different animals imo.

> Betsy:
> But milking an injury isn't the same as faking an injury.

sure it is. its called fraud. and it happens to be very illegal. 
which is why, If I slip and fall on my behind in wallmart I can't 
walk into court with a neckbrace on and get more money.

> Betsy:
> Oh, Draco manipulated the aftermath magnificently.  But again, the 
> attack happened, Lucius used it to try and hurt Dumbledore, and 
> Draco went along for the ride.  Seems a little passive for murder 
> accusations to me.

Well, maybe not murder, but how about Accessory After the Fact? He 
could have spoke up at anytime and said what his injuries actually 
were and what the responsibility he bore in the incident was, but he 
didn't. I think that is enough for him to bear at least some 
responsibility for the creatures death.

phoenixgod2000, who didn't really want to bring Snape back into the 
argument but just had to.