Marietta

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 169277

Eggplant:
> 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. 

Pippin:
I was on jury duty the other day, and the judge stressed
that no matter how serious the charges were, everyone entered
the courtroom "wrapped in a cloak of innocence". She also 
pointed out that this was not universally recognized, and there
were plenty of places in the world where the police could decide
that you were guilty. However, as both Ron and Hermione were
outraged to hear that Sirius had been sentenced without trial,
it seems the presumption of innocence is a right that Hermione
cherishes -- or used to.

Hermione disregarded Marietta's rights, and did so not in some
kind of ticking bomb scenario, but with no more thought than
she would discard the wrapper on a Chocolate Frog. 

 I don't think JKR considers human rights a matter of Saturday 
morning cartoon morality. I'm sure Amnesty International doesn't.
I have no use at all for fascist collaborators and I'm sure JKR doesn't
either, but her point is, IMO, that if they don't have rights then
nobody does. 


Pippin