Bathroom scene again WAS: Re:Weasley Family Dynamics/To t...

[wynnleaf]

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>   Lana writes:  
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>   In a situation like this, I think it goes above an ordinary 
situation where the students "privacy" rights are in effect.  You 
have a student on the floor ripped apart and bleeding to death.  Any 
normal person walking in on that is not going to be worrying about a 
students privacy.. LOL  They are going to want to know what  just 
happened.  And will use any means possible to find out.
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>   I also think that on an ordinary level you shouldn't use 
veritaserum, but this again is not an ordinary situation.  This is a 
life threatening, somone is going to die situation.
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>   Of course I agree that you should have a "questioning" period.  
And I am sure that Harry would have had no problem with that.  I 
also think that if asked Harry would have given his thoughts over as 
well.  But would Draco?  Not hardly.  He would stand the risk of 
them finding out his plan.


wynnleaf

I think in this case -- in the book -- JKR did not intend to suggest 
that there should have been any greater degree of extensive 
questioning.  Harry didn't offer any excuses of it being self-
defense, so there was no reason to search for evidence that it could 
have been self-defense.

We know through Harry that McGonagall and the entire staff knew a 
good deal about the incident -- at least as far as the degree of 
injury to Draco and the use of Dark Magic -- because McGonagall said 
it did merit expulsion.  However, there's no hints from anyone, 
including McGonagall who we can presume would stand up for her 
student, that a normal staff practice would be to hold some sort of 
further inquiry.   

So I think we have to assume, since all the staff knew about it, 
that it wasn't a normal practice to do further inquiry.

Wynnleaf
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