Sympathy to the characters WAS: Respecting the Dursleys

[pippin_999]

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> Charles:
> Hermione seems to want to turn people in for everything throughout
> the books. I am having trouble understanding what you mean about
> the anti-snitching jinx having something to do with Bill's injury,
> though. Indeed, when I started this reply I was going to frame a
> couple of questions to point you in a direction that would help me
> understand, but I just can't wrap my head around it enough. Could
> you elaborate a little?

Pippin:

Hermione's anti-snitching jinx caused Marietta's face to be mutilated,
and her refusal to tell what she knew about the vanishing cabinet led
to Bill's face being mutilated. I wondered whether she was afraid that
the curse she put on the parchment would strike her if she were
questioned and let something slip about the DA. But anyway she
would have looked like a hypocrite after visiting such a severe 
punishment on Marietta. The boys lightly persuaded her that 
Montague would recover and anyway it would just be more
trouble for Umbridge. But Montague's troubles   turned out to 
mean trouble for everyone. 

That both Marietta and Bill suffered facial disfigurement  seems to
be a deliberate parallel by the author. I think it is meant to show
that while it may seem fair to visit injustice and cruelty  on those 
who are unjust or cruel,  the effects  often multiply themselves and 
affect innocent people.

Pippin