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

[steven1965aaa]

No: HPFGUIDX 155666

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" 
<horridporrid03 at ...> wrote:
>
> > >>Steven1965aaa:
> > No, I am not one of the "war" people, I agree with you on that.
> 
> Betsy Hp:
> If we agree that the DA was not actually an army, and that the 
> students at Hogwarts weren't in an all out, no holds barred, 
> shooting war with Umbridge, but were in a slightly less bloody 
> conflict, then I think the twins were great.  (OMG, I might have 
> pulled something! <g>)
> 
Steven1965aaa:

Thanks Betsy, your comments are very enjoyable.  

IMO this "war" stuff has gotten a bit mixed up in some of these 
posts (I'm not refering to yours).  The real WAR is with Voldemort.  
The DA is about preparing for that real war.  Of course what's 
happpening with Umbridge is serious and its also connected to bigger 
things, but its not on the same level as the WAR with Voldemort.  
The Twins did not desert or commit treason or any such thing in the 
WAR against Voldemort.  Their leaving had nothing to do with the war 
against Voldemort (although of course you never know, I would have 
thought that locking Montegue in the vanishing cabinet had nothing 
to do with it either!). They struck a serious blow in the "struggle" 
against Umbridge and laid the foundation for the "uprising" against 
her by the students. Marietta on the other hand betrayed a trust and 
violated an agreement, and in doing so exposed her "friends" to 
potential punishments including expulsion.