Special treatment - yes or no

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 145985

>hickengruendler:
 
> But by McGonagall, who has her own personal interests. As already 
> said, if it were Neville or Seamus she had seen flying, they would 
> have gotten the place in the team. And if it were Snape and he had 
> seen Goyle flying like this, Snape would have made sure Goyle got 
in 
> the team and a good broomstick. Therefore I don't see this as any 
> special example of special treatment for Harry or even Gryffindor 
> house in general. And if Harry got some special treatment, than it 
> wasn't because he's the "Boy who lived", but because he had shown 
> some extraordinary talent.

a_svirn:
I beg to differ. The school rules are bended specially for Harry – 
normally first years are not allowed to the team. Wood – surely an 
authority on the all things Quidditch – said that Harry is the 
youngest player in a century. Yes, he's a natural, but so was his 
father, by all accounts, so was Charley, and no doubt any number of 
others. All of whom had simply to wait a year before they were 
allowed to participate in the tryouts. That's preferential treatment 
all right. 

>hickengruendler:

> Yes, but is a ghost a respectsperson? 

a_svirn:
Depends on the ghost. Bloody Baron certainly is. 

>hickengruendler:
> Yes, but than, they thought Harry's life was in danger. Harry was 
not 
> a simple Triwizard Champion. He was someone who participated due 
to 
> circumstances beyond his control, and who theorized, that someone 
> might use the Tournament to kill him. I think he was allowed to 
have 
> any help available. 

a_svirn:
That's just an excuse Hagrid was only too happy to use. They were 
all in the same boat with dragons. If Harry didn't warn Cedric it 
would have been his life threatened most. And what about showing 
dragons to Madame Maxime? Was Fleur also in some kind of mortal 
danger?