Traitors and Deserters (was:Re: muggle baiting vs. muggle torture)

[steven1965aaa]

No: HPFGUIDX 155543

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" 
<horridporrid03 at ...> wrote:
>
> Which is interesting, IMO.  Because those who feel Marietta 
deserved her brand tend to say that the DA *was* in a war; that 
Marietta was  more than just a snitch, she was a traitor.  But 
wouldn't that make the twins deserters?  Because if everyone in the 
DA was supposed to realize that this was an all out war it means the 
twins chose to leave their post when things got a bit hot.
>   
> So either, they twins didn't really see the DA as something other 
> than a study group (and again, that says something about 
Marietta's role as a snitch), or they did see the DA as an army but 
weren't willing to give it their all.  So shouldn't they be wearing 
a brand  across their face ("coward"?) as per Hermione's rules? <eg>
> 
Steven1965aaa now:

Well, I see what you're saying and I'm not one of the people who go 
by the war theory, but I think there are a couple of important 
differences.  First, everyone in the DA agreed to keep it secret, 
and Marietta violated that agreement.  2nd, at the time the 
Twins "deserted" the DA was no longer meeting because of Marietta's 
vilation, so even accepting the premise of your argument there was 
nothing really left to "desert".  I don't think Hermione would make 
a spell which would brand someone coward for leaving, I don't think 
she or Harry would have held it against anyone for dropping out --- 
the problem with Marietta was that she violated a trust by turning 
them in after promising not to.