Sportsmanship/legitimacy

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 151934

> Pippin:
> You're assuming that the goal was simply to accomplish the task 
> within the timelimit and so that should be the basis of the 
scoring.
>  But according to Dumbledore the tasks were
> meant to test the champions in many different ways "their magical
> prowess--their daring--their powers of deduction--and, of course,
> their ability to cope with danger."
> 
> Notice that "daring" and "ability to cope with danger" are two
> different categories. Ability to cope with danger is more than
> sheer bravery.
> 
> Harry  should lose points for failing to deduce that his fear that
> the hostages would be left in the hands of the merpeople forever
> was groundless. But his ability to cope with danger was also being
> tested -- and showing moral fiber in the face of danger is a big
> part of what Dumbledore (and Rowling) think being a wizard, or
> shall we say, an empowered adult, is all about. 
>  

a_svirn:
Huh. That's stretching the point until it squeaks. Besides shouldn't 
then Dumbledore have subtracted points for Harry's powers of 
deduction from the points he awarded for his "coping with danger"?