Marietta

[montavilla47]

No: HPFGUIDX 169271

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant107" <eggplant107 at ...> wrote:
>
> All those crying over Marietta's acne should remember that if this was
> real life and a secret underground organization had discover one of
> their own members had betrayed them to the fascist enemy that traitor
>   would be very lucked indeed to survive with her life. This is no
> longer kid stuff, this is life and death, and there is no reason to
> except our literary heroes would fit in comfortably with Saturday
> morning cartoon morality. 
> 
> Eggplant
>

But Eggplant, it was kid stuff.  They were kids at school holding
a secret study group.  Most of the D.A. weren't joining up to 
because they wanted to take down a fascist organization.  They
were joining up because they wanted better grades.

If this was real life and a girl got horribly disfigured by other 
students, there would be News at 11, reports on the dangers of
secret study groups and their link to Satanism, and civil law 
suits.

I know Umbridge was horrible and the students were forced to
take desperate measures.  But in HBP, the Ministry is supposed
to be merely incompetent.  *Not* the enemy.

If the Ministry and Dumbledore's Army are on the same side, 
why is a person who sided with the Ministry still being punished?

Montavilla47