When will the ministry start kicking butt and taking names?

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 146855

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Miles" <miles at m...> wrote:
>
SNIPPED> Miles:
> The word "good" may not be appropriate. We debated Slughorn's 
character and
> behaviour before. Slughorn is obviously not a courageous man. But 
he is was
> hiding from Voldemort, he never was a DE, and obviously has no 
sympathies
> for Voldemort's wo/men. He is not a fighter for Dumbledore - do we 
really
> want to blame him? But we see Dumbledore asking him for help, he 
hesitates,
> but he comes to Hogwarts. If you ask me, we will see more of him 
in book 7
> (I agree with Karen here) - Dumbledore had reasons to call him 
back, and JKR
> to introduce this new character. But back to "good" - he is on 
Dumbledore's
> side, and he is Voldemort's enemy, so yes, he is "good" - with 
quite a lot
> of flaws.

Miles:
If you re-read Slughorn with an eye towards someone who'd not really 
decided which side to play on, you get a much different picture. 
Being at Hogwarts can easily be read as a move on his part to gain 
information for the other side. Or to keep an eye on Severus. Not 
everyone who is at Hogwarts is a good guy and I think Slughorn has 
lots to answer for. But he's not an interesting character at all, 
just something that crawled out from under a rock. His release of 
the horcrux memory was an extremely calculated thing, not a triumph  
for Harry.
> Miles
>