Hermione must be slapped

[katssirius]

No: HPFGUIDX 149303

I think a lot of the justifications for Hermione's actions are 
exactly the problem.  She is acting like a 16 year old and they have 
roller coaster emotions and reactions.  This is my point.  She 
should not be given the responsibilty of being the moral compass for 
other teens nor the judge and jury for Rita Skeeter or any adult.  
She makes errors.  She will make the kind of errors a teenager with 
lots of power and intelligence makes when they think they are 
infallible. Great Big Mistakes!! In this book they can be life or 
death mistakes like we she chose to silence the Deatheater in the 
MOM instead of stunning him.  She suffered for this error and so did 
her friends.  This is why I believe JKR must set her straight in 
Book 7.  Like any teenager she is making errors of scale.  A child 
betrays other children once and then her punishment is a lifetime 
disfigurement.  This is an error of scale.  Black mail is also a 
crime, kidnapping and holding someone in a jar is surely a crime.  
Hermione is committing crimes.   Of course she is trying to do this 
for good but then so was Umbridge.  Sirius makes an excellent point 
to Harry that the world is not divided between good people and Death 
Eaters.  Someone can disagree with you on the issues you hold most 
dear and they may still be good people.  Umbridge crossed over by 
saying the ends justified the means.  Hermione is doing the same 
thing.  We just happen to agree with her.

katssirius