Lack of punishment for hexes and jinxes/ was "Hermione"

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 150511

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, catherine higgins 
<saberbunny at ...> wrote:
>Snipped, dutifully, one hopes"

>   Hi Jen,
>   I think that the WW just has a very different set of morals and 
principles than in the RW. Some kids are treated unfairly by some 
teachers, but on the whole it balances out. Nobody really gets in 
trouble for jinxing a fellow student ever (until Harry and the 
Sectum Sempra). 
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>   Even the adults jinx each other (look at St-Mungos). Nobody 
seems to call the MoM for such disputes, they go to get it 
fixed/reversed. I think it's part of the culture being a 
witch/wizard. 
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>   I'm just remembering now all the cards that Harry had to rewrite 
in HBP about Sirius and James' detentions for jinxing/hexing. But 
considering the previous 5 books, that nobody gets in trouble for it 
presently; it seems times may have changed. 
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>   All the detentions Harry gets seem more to be for sass, or for 
being out of bed after hours. Those "crimes" are much more severely 
punished than the jinxing. Seems strange to me, but they have very 
different values.
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>   Catherine
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> Catherine,
Come to think of it, when Draco and Harry fought and Hermione got 
the worst of it (in GOF, the big teeth incident) only Harry and Ron 
got detentions and that was for as you said "sass!" It's enough to 
make an underage wizard think that it's okay to take things into 
one's own hands. But there must be some line because as fowl as he 
is, Lucius Malfoy doesn't walk out in broad daylight and jinx 
someone (I know he does worse, but it's undercover most times...) It 
must all have to do with the fact that most magic is reversable. 
Then it can all be in fun, perhaps. And again, as for punishments 
for jinxes/hexes at Hogwarts, it must have ended during Harry's 
time. The twins discovered the Marauder's Map when in trouble in 
Filch's office but outside of the muddy footprints, Harry never got 
into any real trouble with Filch. Those cards Harry was copying 
seemed to be punishments meted out by Filch, unless I misunderstand.

Jen D.
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