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

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 156144

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinlore" <rdoliver30 at ...> 
wrote:
 
> 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.
> 
> 
> Lupinlore
>

Hickengruendler:

But wasn't it emphasized in the text, that she didn't know? Both Ron 
and Hermione wanted Harry to tell her and she refused. In fact, Ron 
and Hermione even said, that McGonagall would be furious, if she 
knew. Harry's stubborness is to blame here.