Percy

[eggplant107]

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"hickengruendler" Wrote:

> There is nothing in the text that suggests,
> that Harry ahould have been sent to Azkaban 

Oh I think I can find a thing or two to suggest Harry was on the
razor's edge of being sent to Azkaban. From the book:

"How was he supposed to refuse to surrender his wand without doing
magic? He'd have to duel with the Ministry representatives, and if he
did that, he'd be lucky to escape Azkaban, let alone expulsion."

Or perhaps you'd like this quote:

"Would the matter of where he went next be decided for him?  Had his
breach of the International Statute of Secrecy been severe enough to
land him in a cell in Azkaban? Whenever this thought occurred, Harry 
invariably slid off his bed and began pacing again."

And then there is the fact that Harry was judged by the FULL
Wizardmon, something that has not happened in many years, something I
do no believe a overdue library book would merit, something Author
Weasley was flabbergasted to discover. And in all that time there was
Percy, smugly taking notes. Yes, evil is a strong word, but I believe
Percy is evil. We will learn if I am right or wrong on July 21.

> you would think, that if the plan was to 
> throw him into prison, they would have
> mentioned it during the Hearing. 

Yes you would think so, that would be the logical thing, but consider,
in the American system of "justice" jurors are expected to pretend
they don't know what the ultimate penalty for murder is. It's only
after he is found guilty of murder are you supposed to start thinking
about whether he should live or die. It's all nonsense of course,
almost as stupid as Wizard law.

Eggplant