[HPforGrownups] Re: Kreacher - workable solutions?

[Laura Ingalls Huntley]

No: HPFGUIDX 129548

Alisha:
> Once upon a time there was an English king (I forget which one.
> I think Henry VIII), who was frustrated with the Archbishop of
> Canterbury (actually a good friend of his).  One night at dinner,
> the king jokingly said, "Who will rid me of this meddlesome
> priest?"  Two drunken knights overheard the king and decided to
> take that as an order from him to kill the Archbishop.  When the
> king found out, he was furious and ordered the execution of the
> knights.  Voila.  The king remains blameless and is rid of his
> problematic friend.
>
> What if DD mentions in an Order meeting that Kreacher poses a
> security problem and one of the members (Snape, Mad-Eye, even
> Arthur) decides this is carte blanche to kill the meddlesome elf?

You realize that the continuation of this scenario would be Dumbledore 
ordering the execution of Snape?

Ooo, it's a two-for-one deal, then! ^_~

Laura (who makes this comment in jest, and who would not *really* enjoy 
seeing Severus executed.  Much.)

P. S. I actually agree with a_svirn.  As much as I think that Kreacher 
deserves some type of punishment (perhaps from his own kind), I would 
think *very* poorly of the Order if this were to happen.