Rita - Luna and the Qubbler

[Charles Walker Jr]

No: HPFGUIDX 169649

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sistermagpie"
<sistermagpie at ...> wrote:

> Sure Harry generally tells the truth. He has no desire to let Ernie
think
> Malfoy's the heir on some vague idea it might cause trouble for
Malfoy. But
> nor is he on the lookout to make sure people don't accuse his enemies of
> things without proof. 

Charles:
And that puts him on the moral level of Rita how? Of course he isn't
running around defending everyone who gets wronged by lies or in any
other way. I've shown more than one way that he is *not* on the moral
level of Rita, and all that we've accomplished is to drag it back to
the polyjuice argument that we had last year. Is Harry Potter perfect?
Hell no, perfect people make for boring books. Every truly interesting
hero is a person first, and a hero second. One of the things that has
always impressed me about Harry is how real JKR has made him. Real
people don't run around trying to defend the people who are making
life miserable for them. Real people also get disgusted when reporters
like Rita publish tripe about people, whether they are enemies or not.

Let's turn this around. Show me some canon that shows Harry actively
supporting something like Rita. I really don't think you can, because
I don't think it is there.

Charles, wondering why "innocent until proven guilty" never applies to
Harry in this group.