Being Good and Evil (was:Re: Harry's arrogance (was Evil Snape)

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 154453

> > Betsy Hp:
> > Really?  I'd love an example or two.  As far as I can remember 
> Harry 
> > generally only turns on someone when they try to kill him or his 
> > friends.  Which is what it appears to be taking for Draco as well.

Phoenixgod: 
> Sure, I'll give you two.
<go UPTHREAD to read them>
Alla:

So happy to see you posting Phoenixgod. Me too, me too. :)

To not be a complete "me too", din't Harry not like Luna much either 
initially?

Betsy Hp:  
> Dumbledore uses his 
> > position to promote his Gryffindors even if the rest of the 
school 
> > suffers.

Phoenixgod: 
> How many times did Slytherin win the house cup before Harry got 
> there? Wasn't it about a billion times? straight?  Dumbledore needs 
> to be much more effective if he wants to cheat for his alma mater.

Alla:

Seven, that was seven times :)

  
Phoenixgod 
> An idiot could see that Dumbledore cares about all of his students, 
> Draco just didn't want to believe that.  He'd rather play at 
> currying favor with the dark lord.
>

Alla:

As I told someone off list, I don't like generalisations, but from my 
life experience people who hate other people because of their 
different ethnicity ( that is my experience, so I will stick to that) 
generally do not change ( I mean, I am sure some are and maybe many 
are, I just have not met them). 

So, Draco to me is a disgusting little bigot and whatever he gets, he 
deserves.

I do think that the end of the HBP MAY signal  the change in his 
belief system, in fact I will go ahead and say that it is quite 
likely, but so far in the six books I have not seen Draco act as a 
decent person once.

If he will, I will tolerate him as a character, but so far if he 
drops dead, I won't be upset at all.

JMO,

Alla, who is not bothered by JKR "situational morality" at all, 
simply because to me she makes it very clear that  bad guys ideology 
is really really bad, that is why if good guys are allowed to get 
away with things, it is fine by me.