Sportsmanship in Harry Potter

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 151758

Steve:

> Now A_Svrin seems to be making the point that it was the judges who
> displayed poor sportsmanship not the contestants. He doesn't agree
> with my position, but I still say that the tournement was a test of
> character as much as a test of knowledge, and that Harry displayed 
the
> very character the judges were looking for. Consequently, I say the
> points were awarded fairly and within the context of the 
tournement.  

Magpie:
What's so wrong with the other players that Harry needs to be 
awarded extra points for "character?"  a_svirn considered this sort 
of thing not part of the actual rules of the contest but the 
slippery way the judges work and I agree. Does Cedric Diggory really 
lose to Harry Potter in a character contest?  He seems like a stand 
up guy to me.  Even after he's dead.

Steve:
> 
> To say that Harry never loses, is to say that he is completely 
unaware
> of the nature of his wins.

Magpie:
No, to say that Harry loses it to say that Harry never loses.  
Nobody's missed that Harry knows about the help he's gotten.  
Whether or not Harry ever gloats has nothing to do with noticing 
that the author never writes a competition where Harry tries and 
fails.  He's a great guy--and he also has the most points as long a 
he's physically present and awake.  Sometimes he temporarily thinks 
his team might have lost or he might have lost before he wins.  Just 
thinking about this off the top of my head every time I think of a 
situation where Harry seems to come out the loser, he later isn't.

-m