When will the ministry start kicking butt and taking names?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 146823

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "fuzz876i" <fuzz876i at y...> wrote:
>
> > tropicwhale <tropicwhale at y...> wrote:
> > Probably after all the dust settles, The Ministry are nothing 
> > but a bunch of ninnies. They are kicking butt and taking names, 
> > just the wrong ones,... They are just too afraid of the 
> > Deatheaters to do anything proper, <snip>
> 
> fuzz876i:
> ... the ministry is going about the arrest of death eaters. The
> fact that Stan Shunpike would say and do anything for attention 
> leads me to believe they made a big mistake with him. They should
> have arrested the one they know about -- Fenrir Greyback. He has 
> been attacking kids for years. What about the ones that escaped 
> Azkaban prison,....? In my opinion it would be a show of bad 
> character.... Scrimgeour said that it was better to say three 
> arrests than three mistaken arrests and releases.
>

bboyminn:

The Ministry is a typical bureaucracy, their number one priority is
self-perpetuation. If Voldemort wins they'll grovel and bow and
survive; if the good guys win they'll brag and crow and take the credit.

Notice the circumstances at the end of OotP. The Escaped Death Eaters
were found in the Ministry in the association of often suspected, but
got off, Death Eaters. But what happened? The suspected Death Eaters
were charged with Tresspassing and attempted theft. No mention of
associating with DE's, no mention of them being DE's, no mention fo
the tremendous property destruction, no mention of trying to kill
several kids, no mention of fighting the Order, nothing made of the
appearance of Voldemort apparently in thier aid. In other words, the
Ministry didn't want to make waves or cause trouble for prominent
citizens, especially rich and generous prominent citizens.

Yet just a few weeks later they are arresting people like Stan
Shunpike because it puts on a good show. Notice that none of those
falsely arrested were by any means rich and generous.

So, we clearly have the Ministry doing everything it can to show
itself in the best possible light. No one is interested in solving any
of the problems or dealing with any of the issues. That would be to
messy. That could cause fallout among the rest of the Ministry, among
the general citizenry, and among the many rich and generous
benefactors. That's to the good of know one, at least, not to the good
of anyone of any importance. So, best make a good show and leave it at
that.

That's typical of all powerful politicians, they are mostly interested
in looking good and holding on to power, but they can never sully
themselves with such mundane and dangerous things as solving the
problems at hand.

...don't get me started...

Steve/bboyminn