Being Good and Evil ( Draco and a bit of Ron)/Harry as DD man

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 154689

Phoenixgod:
> that is my big problem with Dumbledore.  His version of giving people 
> second chances involves them not paying the debt for their screwed up 
> first chance.

Pippin:
Well, that's secret war for you. It can't be fought without informers and
prospective informants aren't much use if they're in jail. I'm sure you
must have run into the same thing with gang members?

Snape was eventually brought before the wizengamot and cleared 
because he had put himself at risk. You have noticed that a number
 of Snape's former DE cronies were exposed?

Draco may get a chance to do the same.  Draco is a little fish.The
big fish is the one who put Rosmerta under the Imperius curse 
and made sure she stayed under it. The attempts on Katie and Ron
could not have happened without that. The big fish was probably
also the one who threatened Draco and his family, at which point
Draco was acting under duress, which IMO diminishes his 
responsibility even more, especially since he was underage at the 
time.

There is a very dangerous  DE at large in Hogsmeade.
Should Dumbledore have ignored that in order to make an example
of Draco?

I agree that Harry doesn't need to undergo the kind of transformation
that Draco does. Like Sirius, Harry has an excellent moral philosophy.
But like Sirius, he  hasn't realized  that he and his friends
aren't doing nearly as good a job of living up to their excellent moral
philosophy as they think they are.

Pippin