Views of Hermione (was:Re: witches of the world (was: Lavender vs Hermione)

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 160429

> >>Betsy Hp:
> > <snip>
> > Hermione should have recognized that she was doing something    
> > wrong there.  She might see it as worth it, but she should 
> > recognize her own culpability.
 
> >>Amiable Dorsai:
> Why do you believe that she does not?

Betsy Hp:
Hermione's steady slide into her ruthless judge persona is 
suggestive to me.  Perhaps she needed a strong yank at this point.  
Maybe if Pomfrey had done a bit of investigating and McGonagall was 
brought in, Hermione would think about consequences a bit more.

> >>Betsy Hp:
> > This isn't about Marietta or Marietta's actions.  It's about    
> > Hermione and Hermione's actions.
> > <snip>
> > Marietta was wrong.  Hermione was horrifying.

> >>Amiable Dorsai:
> Ah, yes I see; you're right, of course, an embarrassing facial    
> blemish...

Betsy Hp:
Ah, the watering down continues.

> >>Amiable Dorsai:
> is so much worse than a snapped wand, expulsion from school and    
> blighted career prospects (times 28, including her best friend),   
> plus probable Azkaban time for Harry, and perhaps for Hermione     
> herself as a co-conspirator.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
And we're back to making it all about Marietta again.  Sorry, but 
I'm not talking about Marietta's actions.  I'm talking about 
Hermione's action and only Hermione's actions.  No one (including 
Marietta) held a gun to Hermione's head and said you must disfigure 
your classmate. Hermione did that all by her little, heartless, 
lonesome.

Hermione came up with a form of punishment that went out with the 
20th century.  (It's outlawed in most civilized countries, I 
believe.)  I cannot admire her for that.    

Betsy Hp