Maligning Lupin

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 149880


> > Pippin:
> > 
> > There are many Muggleborns and halfbloods who should
> > understand that human fallibility, exacerbated by poverty and
> > discrimination, can precipitate crime and terrorism without 
> > any help from Dark Magic or mind-altering diseases. Those
> > people are going to have more influence once Voldemort is 
> > defeated, or so I hope.
> 
> Renee:
> What makes you hope so? Voldemort was believed to be gone for fourteen
> years, yet we've heard nothing about any Muggleborn wizards or
> halfbloods breaking a lance for werewolves or any other
> oppressed/shunned/mistreated minorities during this time.

Pippin:
Umbridge's laws were new.
She was not able to pass  anti-werewolf laws until
Dumbledore and those supporting him were driven from power
or in fear of losing their jobs if they disagreed with her.  If
Umbridge's coalition is the one just barely hanging on to power,
which I imagine will be the case if the good guys win,
it will have to compromise, just as Dumbledore's did.

In GoF Arthur tells Hermione that he thinks she's right
about the way Winky is being treated, but it just isn't the
time to bring it up. Is it far-fetched to think that Lupin 
heard the same sort of thing once too often?
  
> Pippin: 
> > As for the Trio, they've got Bill. 
> 
> Renee:
> Bill is not a full werewolf; he doesn't transform and probably won't
> be considered a big threat to society. But even if he were to suffer
> prejudice, he can't serve as an example of carrying on and remaining a
> decent guy for years despite very unfavourable circumstances. He was
> bitten too recently for that.   
> 
Pippin:
There you put your finger on it. Purebloods and Slytherins don't
have to prove that they're decent people before they're granted
equal rights. Why should werewolves have to? 

The very fact that Bill's injuries are unprecedented proves that
werewolves  don't normally attack  people when they're
not transformed.  If the WW also needs proof that werewolves aren't
capable of transmitting full-blown lycanthropy except when
they're transformed, Bill's case proves that too.


> Renee:
> You're comparing apples and oranges here by calling them both round
> fruits. Lupin did not betray Dumbledore into the hands of his enemies.
> So why would he betray his friends to Voldemort? 

Pippin:
Dumbledore admitted Lupin to Hogwarts when no one else
would take the risk.

Have you considered what would have happened to Dumbledore
if Lupin had bitten someone in Hogsmeade? Do you think he'd
have been able to keep his job?  What would have happened to
everyone who was depending on Dumbledore to keep Hogwarts
secure against Voldemort?

Pippin