"Morality" and "tolerance" in the HP books (Was: a sandwich)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 178896

> a_svirn:
> Yes, that's how I saw it too. But obviously I was wrong, since
> Hermione gave up her crusade.  She neither does nor even *says*
> anything about lifting the enchantment. Presumably, it means that
> self- punishment is not forced and there has never been any
> enchantments imposed on the elves. It's just what they are and what
> they do.  There is no other way to account on Hermione's (and 
> everyone else's) silence on the subject.  Oh, she is still appalled
> by all this (who wouldn't be?), but there is no indication that she
> is going to *do* anything about it. 

Jen: OK, fair enough.  If others needed to see Hermione do more for the 
storyline to be well-written or have meaning or something else, then 
there's not much more to say.  I agree that Hermione made no active 
attempts to better the treatment or enslavement of all house elves past 
somewhere in OOTP.  I saw other things taking place that had meaning 
for the storyline imo, which I won't expound on again. <g>