Danger in designating an "Other" / Bad magic

[Barbara Key]

No: HPFGUIDX 174301

Montavilla47 wrote:
> If there *are* non-Death Eating Slytherin children and their parents
> are being targeted, then shouldn't at least one or two of them be
> helping out this D.A., even if they weren't in it the first time?  
> Don't they have a stake in the outcome of this conflict?
<snip>

DG replied:
> Or perhaps they're just keeping their heads down.
> 
> The Headmaster and the two most influential teachers are clearly
> aligned with Voldy. Voldy's influence in the outside world is
> growing daily. And those crazy Griffendors etc who try to
> resist are beaten down most cruelly.
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In the OotP, Phineas Black said that Slytherins are
brave but they know when to run. 

There would be no Slytherins earning immortal glory at
the Alamo or the Charge of the Light Brigade. Being
dead does not help win a war.

They would have run away in order to fight another
day.

Barbara