Views of Hermione

[Eddie]

No: HPFGUIDX 160474

> > Dantzel:
> > Think back to your days as a teenager - not 18, but 13 or 14. I, for
> > one, slapped a boy when I was that age when I got fed up with his
> > crap. I don't know anyone that hasn't been hypocritical at some
> > point in their lives.
> 
> wynnleaf,
> How many of us drugged our classmates, started intentional explosions
> that injured our friends, stole restricted supplies from teachers,
> permenantly disfigured others, or set up a very nasty teacher to get
> seriously injured or killed?  Sorry, I don't buy Hermione's behavior
> as typical.

Eddie:
None of these books is typical.  The students live in a realm of
hightened reality where "typical" school includes Potions, Charms,
Defense Against the Dark Arts, killer plants, moving staircases, three
headed giant dogs, blast-ended screwts, giant killer spiders, etc,
etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc.

At some point we need to just chill out and accept that some things
and people won't (and shouldn't need to) stand up to our normal,
"typical" measuring sticks.

Eddie