In Defense of Molly Weasley (Long)

[Katie]

No: HPFGUIDX 175050

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "guzuguzu" <guzuguzu at ...> wrote:
<<<BIG SNIP>>>

I see that my big mistake in my original argument was using the word
> "housewife." Being a former full-time housewife, I didn't realize it
> was a loaded word though it apparently it is on this group. However,
> if you replace that word with "heart surgeon" I still stand by my
> exact statement: I would not assume that a heart surgeon has the same 
fighting skills and experience as a professional soldier. They very 
well might, but I would not logically assume it to be true.  
<<<BIGGER SNIP>>> 
> guzu, who, if a psycho killer busted down her front door, would grab
> her kid, lock herself in the bedroom and call the police.


***Katie replies:
Your use of the word "housewife" was not a lightening rod for me. I am 
a full-time graduate student with two small children and I am home most 
of the time. I consider myself a semi=housewife, and I understood 
perfectly what you meant...*However* I still disagree with you! LOL.

I disagree with you because you compare Molly to "professional 
soldiers". There are NO "professional soldiers" fighting in this fight. 
We have teenagers, elderly professors, half-giant imbeciles(sorry, 
Hagrid! I love ya, but...), mothers, fathers, teachers...the only 
professionals are Aurors - and they're more like bounty hunters or cops 
than like soldiers. 

Are ANY of these people specifically qualified to fight Dark wizards?

No. 

But they're fighting for their world, fighting for their way of life, 
fighting for their mothers, fatherss, sisters, brothers, lovers, 
friends...they are doing the best they can, all of them. But none of 
them are "professional soldiers" or anything even comparable.

On the other side - is there any such thing as a "professional" Dark 
wizard? Lucius doesn't make his profession being evil! :) I think 
Voldemort and Bellatrix are alone in that. Some of the DE's work at the 
Ministry, even! So all the people on the Dark side aren't professionals 
at combat either.

What, you ask, is the point of this rambling??? That no one out there 
is "qualified" to fight a war, including Molly. None of them are "un-
qualified", either. They're just doing what they feel is necessary to 
preserve themselves, their families, and their world. So, Molly is just 
as qualified as anyone else to be out there. Plus, as many have pointed 
out, she is obviously a quite talented witch long before that scene.

Also, for those who believed other people should have stepped in...Two 
points:
1 - Molly told them not to, and I think it was pretty obvious that 
Molly would have been furious with, and maybe even hexed, anyone that 
got in the middle.
2 - There was a whole lot of other stuff going on!! In a combat 
situation, I would assume, there is so much chaos that you really don't 
often have time to worry about what other people are doing! 

Just my 2 knuts, 
Katie, who LOVES Molly generally, and loves this scene even more.