Ginny Haters/ a bit of Draco

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 152173

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


Pippin:
What about all the people who seem to have completely forgotten about 
Ginny's murderous actions in Book Two?  Should she get a pass because
she was being controlled by Lord Voldemort, but not Draco?

And before you tell me that Draco got involved of his own free will,  let
me remind you that Ginny stole the Diary back from Harry's room when
she already knew that it was making her do things. She lied to her 
parents and to Dumbledore himself and said she didn't know the 
Diary was dangerous. But she did. She's not as perfect as some people
would like to think.

I'm  afraid Ginny gets a pass from some people because Harry likes her,
and others are hard on her for the same reason. 

Pippin