Whose side are we on?? :was: Arthur right or not?

[lupinlore]

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Carol <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
> I doubt that JKR wants us to think of Dumbledore, McGonagall, et
> al. as "ignoble morons," but I won't attempt to convince you
> otherwise because emotional judgments are impervious to logic.
> Instead, I'll just ask a question: Do we have any canon evidence
> that the adults know what Umbridge did to Harry in her detentions?


Well, according to Ginny's statement about Harry's popularity and
relating it to the scar on his hand in HBP, it seems word has gotten
around.  The adults would be fools indeed, especially McGonagall as
Head of House, not to have heard of it, especially since Harry's is
not the only case.

We also have Dumbledore, who, we are told "knows pretty much
everything that goes on in Hogwarts" and has "watched Harry more
than [he] can have imagined."  Not to mention he's the "epitome of
goodness" and the "greatest wizard in the world."  Once again, he
would have had to have been a first class fool not to know what was
going on or, which is more likely the case, an ignoble moron to
stand aside and allow it to continue.  But, we have plentiful
evidence that the epitome of goodness approves of Harry being
abused, so that is no surprise.


Lupinlore, who really DOES wonder why anybody would have any
admiration for the moronic, uncaring, unhelpful, and incredibly
insensitive adults that surround Harry