Ginny Haters/ a bit of Draco

[Joe Goodwin]

No: HPFGUIDX 152170

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.

Joe: 
Sorry maybe I wasn't clear enough. What I meant is that it seems like for a great many posters there is a huge double standard and used Ginny and Draco as examples.
   
  Ginny on one hand does something fairly understandable in response to direct provocation and there are people on this list and off of it who believe she was acting wildly and out of control. Yeah it is fine to criticise Ginny when she responds badly to something ie both she and Ron going way over the line when he catches her snogging Dean but the thing with Smith. The guy asked for it, in public no less. 
   
The very same people will make excuse after excuse for Draco's murderous actions.
   
  I guess what I am asking is why many people will make excuse after excuse for Draco and to a lesser degree Snape and then hammer Ginny, Ron, Hagrid etc? I guess it is more of a why does character matter for some of the HP characters and not the others?
   
  Do we just always expect the "good guys" to be perfect?
   
  Are the bad guys "always" just tortured souls who would have been great people if their dad had hugged them more? If so why no love for Bellatrix or Voldemort?
   
  Joe