Bathroom scene again WAS: Re:Weasley Family Dynamics

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 164971


> Alla:
> 
> Well, I would hope that Minerva is the kind of character who does 
> think that **that sort of thing** as you call it or **self-defense 
> from unforgivable curse** as I call it, is Okay indeed. Otherwise I 
> would be very dissapointed, personally :)
> 

Pippin:
Around here, a child who even brings a knife to school, much less
uses it, is supposed to be expelled -- no exceptions. (Fortunately,
as at Hogwarts, the administration has the option of looking the
other way, so my son was not punished when  he brought the
silver pocket knife which was his grandfather's birthday gift to
class -- he didn't even think of it as a weapon! ::rolls eyes::) 

But I absolutely agree with Minerva -- Harry was lucky to get off with 
a detention. And actually if Draco had been caught using an 
unforgivable, things might have been better in the long run. If Draco 
had been taken into custody, the cabinet plan might have
been thwarted. I am not questioning Harry's right to defend himself,
but he still chose to supply himself with an illegal weapon.

In the event Harry is punished for telling an outrageous lie. I think
that is a situation more teens can identify with anyway.

Pippin