Marietta

[Charles Walker Jr]

No: HPFGUIDX 169310

Charles now: As this subject is one that soured me on this group
before, I'm going to let most of it go, but I'm answering this one
point before I bow out of the subject of Traitoretta:

>  
> Charles (earlier):
> > And please remember that no matter what Marietta's motivations were,
> > she knew that she was in effect damning twenty-some odd students.
> 
> Pippin:
> No, she did not. The only information Marietta volunteered was that
> if Umbridge was in the 7th floor corridor at a certain time she'd hear
> something to her advantage. That did not bring the sneak hex into
> effect, and if Umbridge had acted on that information then the DA
> would simply have been out of action until they found a safer 
> place to meet. I'm not saying what Marietta did was right, but
> it seems her intention was to find a way to quit the group without 
> offending Cho or getting anyone into trouble.
> 
> 
> What threats or pressure Umbridge used to extract the information
> that there was going to be some kind of meeting we don't know,
> but we did see her manhandle Marietta and shout at her.  

Charles now:
Yes, she did. Educational Decree Number 24 was public knowledge.
Whatever you think of her motive, she most certainly knew that anyone
caught at that meeting would be expelled. If Marietta had remained
silent on exactly what she would have learned to her advantage, it is
entirely possible within the bounds of known canon that she would have
got away with her treason and the rest of the DA would have been expelled.

I quote:
"BY ORDER OF THE HIGH INQUISITOR OF HOGWARTS
All student organisations, societies, teams, groups and clubs are
henceforth disbanded.
An organisation, society, team, group or club is hereby defined 
as a regular meeting of three or more students.
Permission to re-form may be sought from the High Inquisitor
(Professor Umbridge). 
No student organisation, society, team, group or club may exist
without the knowledge and approval of the High Inquisitor.
 Any student found to have formed, or to belong to, an organisa­tion, 
society, team, group or club that has not been approved by
 the High Inquisitor will be expelled.
The above is in accordance with Educational Decree
Number Twenty-four.
 
Signed: Dolores Jane Umbridge, High Inquisitor"(OOTP, Chapter 17)

It does not say could, might, or may. It says WILL. And either
Marietta knows it, or she is extraordinarily dense. Since she happens
to be in the house known for their intelligence, I'm pretty sure she's
not *that* stupid.

Charles, now done with the subject of Marietta and her treason.