Ministry and Dementors/

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 176651

> Magpie:
> Basically, yeah! I don't need explanations for why it's horrible to 
> be stuck with Dementors--I get that. But why should I recognize the 
> use of that particular punishment as a sign of "underlying 
> corruption?"
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> I guess I was a bit confused about what Dumbledore's ideals meant
> in all of this. It seems like sort of an "I told you so" to me--
> Dumbledore correctly predicted that the Dementors would side with. 
> It ccontrasts with, for instance, my own predictions of things that 
> might come back and bite the heroes on the butt, but it just seems
> to kind of show everybody should have listened to Dumbledore 
> whenever he said anything.

Jen:  I thought I did offer more than 'Dumbledore said' or at least 
the explanation worked out in my mind as more than that.  Since 
political breakdown is at the root of Voldemort's rise in both wars 
imo, the choice of alliance is crucial.  Politically the MOM chose to 
align with Voldemort's side indirectly by keeping the Dementors 
around.  They gambled their entire operation on the choice in the 
name of safety and paid dearly for it.  They shouldn't have needed 
Dumbledore to say, 'bad idea'; it should have been self-evident.  

So yeah, I think it's a degradation of values to gamble innocent 
lives of not only the MOM workers but everyone in the community on a 
perceived safety that doesn't exist.