Fear as a Crime --Long (Re: muggle baiting )

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 156146

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:
>
> > Betsy Hp:
> > Amen, and amen.  Honestly if there *aren't* consequences for the 
> > good guys' bad behavior, not only will the series lose most of 
it's 
> > magic for me, I'll be *very* careful about sharing it with 
> > children.  Talk about a wrong message!
> 
> Alla:
> 
> 
> Would the series lose its magic for you if there would be no 
> consequences to what Draco did in HBP?
> 
> Would the series lose its magic for you if Snape turns out to be 
the 
> traitor after all and JKR decides to just let Snape go, dissappear 
> somewhere without making him pay for Dumbledore's murder?
> 
> Or would the series only lose its magic for you if there would be 
no 
> consequences for twins giving Toffee to Dudley and Hermione 
putting 
> **SNEAK** on Marietta's face? <snip>
> 
> Because if the answer to first two questions is yes, Okay, I 
cannot 
> quite agree, but I understand where you are coming from, but if 
the 
> answer to first two questions is No, I don't understand where you 
are 
> coming from.

a_svirn:
Can I circle both A and B? I'd say that letting the twins and 
Hermione to get away with this sort of thing means conveying a very 
dubious sort of message. Certainly not the one any responsible adult 
would want their children to learn. Naturally, the same goes for 
Dudley and Marietta. Except that it's hardly the issue, is it? 
Although they have already come to their just deserts, something 
tells me that for the *good guys* comeuppance is not imminent.