[HPforGrownups] Re: Marietta

[random832 at fastmail.us]

No: HPFGUIDX 169509

phoenixgod2000:
> Since we know Voldemort is around,

Random832:
Let me play devil's advocate for a moment here. _We_ know Voldemort is
around. Anyone else has nothing but Dumbledore's and Harry's word
against that of the Ministry. I don't think we can fault Marietta, or
even Umbridge (Don't get me wrong; Umbridge has plenty of other things
to answer for), for not believing Voldemort has returned.

phoenixgod2000:
> And most, if not all of the students did believe that Voldemort
> was back

Random832:
Not in evidence. We're only told what a few of them believe as
far as I know

>  juli17:
> > What Marietta did was betray her schoolmates to possible detention
> > and expulsion from school,

eggplant107:
> And cause the death of Sirius Black.

Random832:
WhoaHoldonWaitaminuteWHAT?!?!?! I can see absolutely NOTHING to indicate
that, no matter what other danger she caused or should or should not
have understood would be caused by her actions, I can see nothing to
indicate either that she contributed in any way to Sirius's death, or
that the events at the department of mysteries would not have happened
exactly the same way without her doing what she did. Even if you can
justify it, it's not nice to drop a bomb like that with no explanation.
-- 
Random832