A Sense of Betrayal / Unforgiveables

[Katie]

No: HPFGUIDX 174258

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vmonte" <vmonte at ...> wrote:
>
> Katie wrote:
> I have to completely, and respectfully, disagree with you.
> Hermione's Muggle parents could not begin to comprehend the danger
> they, and their daughter, were in. Had Hermione come to them and
> said, "Mum, dad, I am dropping out of Hogwarts to go on a long and
> possibly fruitless search for the soul pieces of an evil overlord,
> and after we find them, we're going to fight him to the death.
> Tea?", they would have either though she was insane, or they would
> have wanted to protect her. Either way, they would have been unable
> to understand the real danger they were in, because these things 
are
> not part of the Muggle world.
> 
> Hermione was attempting to protect her parents from something she
> knew they couldn't be prepared for. They would have been utterly
> defenseless against wizards. She didn't want them to be tortured 
and
> die at the hands of Death Eaters. 
> 
> vmonte responds:
> Well, I disagree. Hermione took the easy way out. And why would 
her 
> parents think that Hermione was insane? I mean they know she is a 
> witch and that she is not the only one. Or are you implying that 
> muggles are too stupid to understand what war is? See, if I was 
told 
> that a Nazi-like regime, with magical powers, took over the 
> wizarding world I would be terrified. 
> 
> Hermione did what she did because she knew that her parents would 
> not agree with her involvement in the war, not because they 
couldn't 
> understand it. 
> 
> Katie:
> I would do the same for my mother and father.
> 
> vmonte:
> Well, if I found out that my daughter messed with my brain I don't 
> think I would ever trust her again. But then again, Hermione 
> probably made them forget that too.
>
******Katie again:
All I can say is that I see it differently and that Hermione, to me, 
is one of the most brave and most loyal characters in the books. I 
know a lot of people have problems with the whole Marietta thing. I 
don't. I don't have a problem with her sending birds flying at Ron's 
face when she was jealous and angry, either, though I know some do. 
I like Hermione, and I think she was trying to protect her parents 
from harm, and I just don't have a problem with it. 

Maybe I'm morally lax or something (though I don't actually think 
so), but I seem to not have a problem with a lot of stuff in the 
books that other people do. I have no problem with the twins putting 
Montegue in the Vanishing Cabinet. I thought it was funny. I have no 
problem with Harry using Crucio or Imperio in a scary and exteme 
situation...although I do wish that Jo had done a better job at 
explaining why that was excusable in that particular situation. 

I like the good guys, and I don't really care too much what happens 
to the bad guys. If that makes me morally bereft...so be it. Katie