Dumbledore's plans in HBP again WAS: Re: Cohesion

[pippin_999]

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> Sherry now:
> 
> However, he did not tell the students nor their parents that he was
> purposely allowing an attempted murderer to roam loose in the 
school.  An attempted murderer who was sharing classes, dorm rooms, 
common rooms, meals with everyone else.  Realistically, parents would 
have and should have been up in arms over that one.  

Pippin:
He didn't tell them when he hired a werewolf either. 
But Molly for one was in no position to complain. Ginny
was never questioned to find out exactly how cognizant she was of
cooperating with Riddle (though we know it was more than she 
admitted to because she burgled Harry's room and stole back the
diary of her own volition.)

Molly also knew very well that her children were attending school with
the children of Death Eaters, because she heard Harry accuse
Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle.  So did everyone else, once Harry had 
published his Quibbler article. Not only that, she didn't want 
Arthur or Percy to stop working at the ministry, though she knew
they were in everyday proximity to Malfoy and Macnair.

I went to school with people who were suspected of belonging to one
of the deadliest street gangs in the nation.  We were in no  doubt
about their allegiance or activities, but they weren't expelled because 
there was no concrete evidence against them. I have yet to see that 
Dumbledore could have proved that Draco had poisoned the wine or 
purchased the necklace (which wasn't a crime anyway. It was openly
offered for sale.)

Needless to say not every family whose children attended the 
school was in sympathy with the gangs. For some, it was the best 
education available despite the danger, while others could have 
gone elsewhere but  didn't want to cede their school to gangs.
But the last thing we would have wanted was a policy of expelling 
people without evidence that they'd broken rules or committed 
crimes. The gangs would have loved that. They'd have turned
it to their advantage very quickly. 


Pippin