The Statute of Secrecy

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 158970

 
> a_svirn:
> That's interesting. So if I show a fake id to an immigration officer 
> do I cheat him of anything? It's not like I deprive them of money or 
> property. 
> 

Pippin:
Well, you'd be  cheating everyone in the country including the officer
by depriving them of the ability to regulate their borders.

But if you are the immigration officer, and you know that
the foreign and uneducated people you're dealing with 
would be bewildered by your actual credentials but will 
understand a fake tin star, would you be defrauding them 
by using it?


> > Pippin:
> > 
>   While we readers know that 
> > Dumbledore is supposed to be the epitome of goodness
> > and everyone else would be better off if they just did what
> > he said, the characters don't know it. 
> 
> a_svirn:
> Actually, the events of HBP demonstrated that that's exactly the 
> wrong attitude. It's no thanks to Dumbledore that his students are 
> still alive. It's because Harry didn't do as he was bid and took 
> necessarily precautions.

Pippin:
Huh? Who's to say that the Order wouldn't have been able
to stop the DE invasion in its tracks if they hadn't had
students to defend? They might never have needed to send
for Snape.
 
> a_svirn:
> He acts as if he does, though.

Pippin:
No, he acts as if he's got 150 years of knowledge and
experience behind him.

Pippin