[HPforGrownups] Hermione's Hex ...

[Jordan Abel]

No: HPFGUIDX 160735

> Nikkalmati:
> I don't see how learning to repel Dementors was an attack  on the MOM.
> No one would want to be on the wrong side of a Dementor and the spell
> was defensive only.

As far as Marietta knows, no-one who hasn't seriously broken the law
will ever find themselves on the wrong side of a Dementor.

Nikkalmati:
> Not exactly.  Neither Rita or Marietta were going to be punished by  the
> authorities for the terrible things they did.

If Rita wouldn't have been punished why was threatening to turn her in
an effective form of blackmail? I think what she should have done was
just turned her in outright, not made threats or tried to extract
conditions.

That would take care of the spying - as for the lies in the articles?
Well - if the WW doesn't have laws against libel, then clearly that's
just a difference between there and here - just like you think
everything Hermione does ("they should have known it was a magical
contract") is okay because the WW is just rougher than the real world
or whatever, the same applies to the press. Libel is apparently
perfectly legal in the WW, so what right does she have to punish
someone for it? If it's _not_ legal, why couldn't she have gone to
court?

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Random832