Whose side are we on?? :was: Arthur right or not?

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 156011

Ceridwen:
> > Show the
> > Bad Guys in all their horrible glory!  Show the kids that they 
don't
> > want to be like them, see the comeuppance the bad guys get!  But
> > don't show the Good Guys, the guys  who should be the role models 
for
> > juvenile readers, *getting away with* questionable behavior.

Lupinlore:
> And who is supposed to provide the bad guys with their comeuppance 
if
> not the heroes? 

zgirnius:
Rowling often lets the bad guys do it to themselves. Voldemort being 
the prime example. In choosing to act on the Prophecy by murdering 
people, he has created in Harry the weapon which will bring him down 
in the end (I do not doubt). And I would be surprised if in the end 
this requires questionable actions by Harry. (Though I expect to see 
some questionable actions by Harry in Book 7 before he finishes with 
the learning and gets on with the defeating.)

Other examples: 
Lucius Malfoy, Draco Malfoy, Dolores Umbridge, Gilderoy Lockhart