[HPforGrownups] Re: In Defense of Molly Weasley (Long)

[Tracy Woods]

No: HPFGUIDX 175105

On 8/10/07, guzuguzu  wrote:
>
> 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.


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But is she not, really, a "soldier" as a member or the Order?  That seems to me to be about as close as one gets to being a soldier in the wizarding world.  The members of the Order are trained to fight Voldy and the DE, just as the DE are trained to torture and kill wizards.


Tracy
-Hopeless Harry Potter Fan, since Book 1