Evil Hermione

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 154930

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "festuco" <vuurdame at ...> wrote:
>
> > colebiancardi:
> > 
> > well, just to jump in with two feet, Peter had some additional
> > instructions from Voldy, as he was the other spy.  Marietta, 
bless her
> > simple soul, was just a teen looking to brownnose the 
establishment. 
> > Maybe she is the next Percy in training....
> > 
> > cole
> > (who dislikes brownnosers, but don't really think they are evil 
with a
> > capital E - just distasteful)
> >
> When did Percy betray anybody? He disagreed with his father, had a
> violent row and moved out of the house refusing to have anything to 
do
> with his family again. He did not betray any Order secrets, and
> chances are, for example that he knew about Sirius. 
> 
> Marietta on the other hand did betray her fellow schoolmates and her
> best friend knowingly causing huge problems for them: 
> 
> Educational Degree Twenty-four states that any student belonging to 
an
> organisation that is not approved by Umbridge will be expelled. And
> expelled means that your wand is snapped in two and your may never
> perform magic again. As far as the WW is concerned that is the end 
of
> your future. And Marietta made sure by the means of her betrayal 
that
> Umbridge would miss nobody. If that is not evil, than what is? 
> 
> Gerry, who thinks it is a gross insult to Percy to compare the likes
> of Marietta to him, though she does not like the bootlicking toad 
at all.
>

colebiancardi:

well, the point that I was trying to make is that Percy values 
authority.  He has broken off ties with his family because of that 
value.  And he encourged Ron to break off any ties with Harry and to 
talk to Umbridge.  In a way, he WAS asking Ron to betray Harry and 
their friendship.

Marietta seems to be the same way.  She may not have thought of it as 
betrayal - perhaps she was taught to respect the authority figure 
without questioning them.  There are people like that out there.  And 
perhaps she felt that these students were harmful to the rest of the 
school

don't get me wrong - I don't care for snitches and I always question 
authority.  However, that was the comparison I was trying to make 
with Marietta and Percy - they respect the authority figure, which 
Harry is not one.

cole