Draco the Death Eaters and Voldemort (was: Re: Draco's culpability...)

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> >>a_svirn:
> First you call it "non-lethal activity" that led to "events on the 
> Tower" now it's a "non-marital exercise". You make it sound as    
> though Draco was just mulling over an interesting scientific      
> problem, when the Death Eaters came forth from the cabinet as if   
> out of the cornucopia.

Betsy Hp:
I agree with everything except that last part.  Draco obviously 
expected Death Eaters to arrive once he'd restored the Cabinet, and 
I believe I've stated that I'm aware of that.

> >>a_svirn:
> The truth is, however, that it was an assassination plot, one that 
> was devised and executed by Draco.

Betsy Hp:
Yes.  And yet, one in which Draco gains no lethal skills.  That 
interests me.  Just as it interests me that, though the end is 
assassination, the means is so very benign.

> >>a_svirn:
> Moreover, it was a SUCCESFUL assassination plot. And not only     
> Draco was implicated in it, he was instrumental to its success.   
> Branded or not, he has done more for the advancement of           
> Voldemort's cause than his father and aunt put together.

Betsy Hp:
True.  And it's to Draco's credit (in a coldly intellectual way) 
that he was able to do the impossible and breach Hogwarts' 
security.  Though I'm betting Voldemort will still punish (if not 
kill) Draco for failing to pull the trigger in the end.

> >>a_svirn:
> Yes, allowances for his age and family circumstances should be    
> made, but no jury in the Universe – Potterverse included – would 
> proclaim him innocent. 

Betsy Hp:
Thank goodness for Dumbledore. <g>  Though I think Dumbledore was 
thinking a bit higher than the court of law.  (I think a court of 
law would probably consider the death threat against his family a 
mitigating circumstance, especially if the case is presented well.)

> >>Betsy Hp:
> > When Draco *does* attempt to "deal death" as it were, his       
> > methods are *so* unsophisticated (especially compared to the     
> > Cabinet plan) as to suggest his heart really isn't 
> > in it.

> >>a_svirn:
> Really? And since when a murderer should be sophisticated to be 
> efficient? It's not thanks to Draco Kathy and Ron are still alive.

Betsy Hp:
But the two attempts were neither sophisticated nor efficient.  
Neither Katie nor Ron were the intended victim.  Katie was actually 
the messenger, and when you kill your messenger before message 
delivery you've pretty much destroyed your plan.

Compare that with the beauty of the Cabinet plan, opening a back 
door not even Dumbledore realizes exists, and it's pretty apparent 
(to me anyway) that Draco really didn't put much effort into the 
first two attempts. 

Betsy Hp