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

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> Pippin:
> IIRC,  McGonagall fed Harry two biscuits and told him that
> defying Umbridge was going to cost him a lot more than House
> Points and dententions. She warned him to keep his head down and
> keep his temper.  What do you want her to do now, give him
> another biscuit and say, "I told you so"?
>
>

No, I want her to say "That was a horrible and unforgivable thing
that was done to you, Harry.  I'm truly sorry I didn't handle the
situation better."  In other words, I want her to act in a
responsible matter befitting a human being, not a vile and ignoble
manner (to use words Ceridwen suggested) that befits only someone
who seemingly has no sorrow or feeling of shame for one of her
students being physically abused.

Yet another example where authority figures seem to approve of Harry
being abused.  Or where at the very least their silence and failure
to denounce the abuse tacitly signal that they do not take it
seriously.


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