Special treatment - yes or no/Rules

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 146221

> Orna:
> They had a good chance – they sat there with their colors spread 
> out – doing nothing. They knew for some days how the points stood – 
> didn't have any meetings about this.<g> Nobody said anything like 
> the Gryffindors deserved it.

Magpie:

So since the Slytherins can't be faulted for their response to 
Dumbledore's change of decorations, since none of them object (Malfoy 
just looks stunned and horrified and Snape forces a smile and shakes 
Minerva's hand) we'll resort to condemning them for not going to 
Dumbledore at the first hint of rumor that Harry and his friends had 
done something exceptional somewhere and taking themselves out of the 
contest?  Or thinking it was up to them to make sure Dumbledore 
awarded Gryffindor enough points to win?  Or perhaps Marcus Flint 
should have hopped up the moment Slytherin's points were announced, 
marched over to Cormac McClaggan (or any random Gryffindor) and 
pulled a Tony Manero, telling him Slytherin was giving them the house 
cup because, "we think youse deserve it."

The Slytherins are sounding better to me all the time.

-m