Portrayal of MoM in the series

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 178823

> Ceridwen:
<SNIP>
> I'm more interested in your thread (and thank you for starting 
it!) 
> in maybe discussing the corruption, not just in the Ministry, but 
in 
> the society that tolerates this sort of mismanagement decade after 
> decade.  If the rot in the Ministry goes so deep, what must the 
rest 
> of society be like?  People tolerate a lot of things if they think 
> they'll get some sort of pay-back, or maybe someone turning a 
blind 
> eye when they do something dodgy.

Alla:

Hee, thank you. Well, if that's what you want to discuss, then you 
should discuss that (corruption in society in general?) and I may 
even join in, tee hee.

**My** reason for starting this thread was more limited though ( and 
again, please I am not limiting anybody and welcome to taking thread 
in any direction people wish) - I read more than once the argument 
that the takeover of the Ministry was unexpected, poorly executed, 
not foreshadowed, etc.

I knew I did not see it way at all. I mean I did not predict 
Ministry's fall, but when I looked back, I remembered plenty hints 
and clues, so I went back trying to locate some of them.

After I went back, I am even more convinced that she showed rather 
well that Ministry was infiltrated from within by lovely Lucius and 
Co for quite some time now and the smallest wind will be enough to 
take it over.

I mean, I now even think that Voldemort had some intelligence in 
that ugly head of his. Not much, mind you, but some ;)

I mean, from all people he went after Amelia Bones? One witch who 
seemed good and just, etc? And he did not trust any of his goons, 
but did it himself?

Seems to me that he had that plan for quite some time now.

 
> Alla:
> Laws? As in plural? What other law did Arthur wrote to benefit
> himself? 
> 
> Ceridwen:
> Arthur is capable of either writing laws or of suggesting laws to 
> some legislative body we don't know about.  He spent years in that 
> one position.  I think it's unlikely he only wrote one law. <SNIP>


Alla:

Not quite what I meant, I meant that we see no more examples that he 
wrote another law to benefit himself and even this one I still say 
was to protect muggles first and for him to play with his car as 
second purpose. IMO of course.

I think it is very reasonable to assume that he wrote more than one 
law, but no I am not making assumption that he wrote anything else 
for his own benefit.

JMO,

Alla