Marietta

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 169548

Dana:
> 
> I can only say in our world or Harry Potter's world there does not 
> exist something like pure good and holding characters up to this 
> standard because they are the main characters in a fight against evil 
> is unrealistic to say the least. 
<snip> Morality is not a static thing but  when you hold a specific 
morality to one group then one should apply  that same morality 
to the other and not apply different moral  standards just because 
people are on different sides of the fence. 

Pippin:
Oh, I agree. But his actions show that Harry doesn't. 

I'm sure that if Umbridge had put a similar hex on
Dobby, who betrayed her just as thoroughly as Marietta betrayed the
DA, Harry would call her an evil hag. He would think it was wildly
unfair, and he would be wanting to force her to cure Dobby. 

And what about Hagrid? If Dumbledore had put a hex
like that on everyone who knew about the protections around the
Stone, it wouldn't have done a thing to Quirrell, but it would have
nailed Hagrid more than once. But Harry wasn't even angry with
Hagrid when he found out that Hagrid had let slip the secret of
how to get past Fluffy. He *comforted* Hagrid, told him that
this was Voldemort and he'd have found out anyway. In his eyes,
Hagrid is a well-meaning person who made a mistake. That's
much the way Cho thinks of Marietta. Harry's the one with
the double standard, IMO. There's one set of rules for his
friends, and another for people he doesn't know very well. 


Pippin