Sportsmanship in Harry Potter

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 151745

> Hickengruendler:
> 
> Except that Cedric didn't solve very much on his own either. Harry 
> told him about the dragons. I suppose he did come up with a plan 
how 
> to get th egg himself, but later it was Moody, who told him to 
open 
> the egg under water. Therefore Cedric did have some help as well, 
as 
> did Viktor and Fleur.

a_svirn:
Still his score is better than that of Harry. Harry got tips *and* 
solutions on a silver platter. Cedric got tips but came up with 
solutions by himself. 

> Hickengruendler: 
> I suppose neither had as much as Harry, but ultimately I didn't 
mind 
> all the help Harry got, for two reasons. 1.) He didn't ask to 
> participate in this tournament, while the others did. While I 
agree 
> with what sistermagpie wrote in an earlier post, that Harry never 
was 
> the real outsider because JKR didn't allow him to be one, he 
> nonetheless did not want to participate and it was due to 
> circumstances outside his control, that he had to. Therefore I 
think 
> he deserved every help he could get. 2.) Harry and his friends 
> thought that his life was in danger. It therefore was much more 
than 
> just a game for him, he theoretically could have expected a murder 
> attack any time. In fact, Moody even made them believe that the 
fact 
> that his name came out of the goblet already was the murder attack.

a_svirn:
I agree with your every word. But what it has to do with good 
sportsmanship?

> Hickengruendler:
> That said, I do find it extraordinaly stupid, that he honestly 
> thought the judges would have let any of those hostages in the 
lake 
> die. 

a_svirn:
I don't find it stupid at all. If he placed little confidence in 
Dumbledore's security measures, who can blame him? He had every 
reason to be leery of them.