Views of Hermione / Cruelty and Heroism

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> >>Amiable Dorsai:
> It is easier to make a point when you rip things out of context,   
> isn't it?  ;-)
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
Actually, I'd say it's easier to overlook a point by covering it up 
with irrelevant "context".  I don't care if Marietta drowned 
Hermione's puppy, raped her boyfriend or slapped her momma.  I don't 
think branding someone's face is a good thing. 

Here's an analogy:  No one likes child molesters, right?  I mean, I 
think we can all get behind the idea that child molesters are bad 
and should be punished.

But I can also say that if the governor of this great Commonwealth 
submitted a bill that called for child molesters to be branded 
across the face with the word "molester", I'd be whole-heartedly 
against it.  And not because I think it's cruel towards the 
molester.  It's because of what I think such a law would say about 
the people of Kentucky.  

Hermione decided to place her classmates under a jinx.  It was a 
cruel and underhanded thing to do, no matter who the jinx sprang 
on.  (Harry is very lucky he's not walking around with "SNEAK" 
written across his face, actually.  He came very close to spilling 
the beans to Fudge, himself.)

IMO, there are things people who'd like to be considered civilized 
should not do.  Hermione crossed the line.  

> >>Eggplant:
> <snip>
> If the good guys behaved as some seem to think they should they   
> would be a bunch of effete impotent wimps unworthy of the         
> word "Hero".

Betsy Hp:
Cruelty and barbarism doesn't guarantee competence.  Hermione was a 
total ass with the DADA.  She handled it badly from beginning to 
end, and it's *because* of Hermione that Dumbledore ended up fleeing 
from Hogwarts.

I mean, at least make your sacrifice of common decency and basic 
humanity *worth* something in the end.  So far Hermione has walked 
away from compassion with nothing to show for it.  And *that's* what 
makes her unworthy of word "Hero", IMO.

Betsy Hp