Ginny Haters/ a bit of Draco

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> Joe: 
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> This isn't for BetsyHP but more of a general question. Does anyone 
> else think it is a bit odd that Ginny gets taken to task for 
> responding to Smith being a jackass but people will bend of backwards
> to defend Draco almost killing two people while he attempts to kill 
> a third.

Alla:

Hehe. Well, I think two issues are not really comparable. I DO like 
Ginny a lot and I do think that Smith deserved what he got, I also 
think that Draco willingly participated in assasination of the 
Headmaster and willingly almost murdered two students and only 
miracle,whose name is JKR saved them. For that and all that little 
shmuck did in the previous books Draco will have to work VERY hard to 
convince me that he has any kind of decency left in him in book 7. 
BUT... what do his deeds have to do with Ginny?

I mean, Draco is a criminal, Ginny  did not do anything criminal in 
the books I am reading at least :)

But why cannot Ginny be criticised independently of Draco's crimes?

You know, without comparing the two?

Personally, I DO think that Ginny was angry in HBP, but I tend to 
think that those are teenage hormones, nothing more than that. I also 
think that it was a nice touch if Ginny was just as angry as Harry was 
in OOP as someone commented and working through that.


Betsy Hp:
> I *was* surprised that it upset Ginny so much, frankly.  She proved 
> Zacharias wrong from the get go, and he shut up pretty quickly into 
> the game.  That she held onto her anger so tightly that it outlasted 
> a game in which she played well, and that she expressed it in such a 
> destructive manner (the Slytherins *never* attacked Lee Jordan, and 
> he was *very* biased at times) suggests that Ginny has some major 
> issues going on.  At least, IMO.

Alla:

I so was not surprised that it upset Ginny so much. Unfair accusations 
get to me A LOT and at my previous job I never kept silent when I was 
accused of something that was not my fault. Hehe.
It only happened couple of times and basically because of 
misunderstanding, but I was annoyed because I did my job well and the 
implication was that I made a mistake.

So, no, totally not surprised about Ginny. Besides, very short period 
of time passed after Smith's insults ( I perceive them as insult) - 
only one game. If Ginny would hold on to her anger , I don't know for 
a month, even for a week after the game, then I would say the she has 
some issues, but to be angry for what half an hour or an hour after 
you heard the insult? I really don't think that this is unusual. IMO 
of course.


IMO,

Alla