Marietta yet again

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 176829

 "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

> we're talking about a group of kids
> who were for the most part thwarting
> a teacher who refused to teach them
> practical defensive skills. 

We're talking about a teacher more than willing to use torture and
even death as a punishment, and please don't tell me Marietta didn't
know that, if she didn't understand what sort of person that teacher
was she was indeed a moral imbecile. And please don't tell me it was
all just kids stuff, this "group of kids" held their own against a
gang of murderous Death Eaters who outnumbered them 2 to 1.
  
> Most of them did not know or believe
> that Voldemort was back. 

I don't believe that's true at all, I don't believe most of them would
allow themselves to be led by someone they thought was a liar, and if
they did think Harry was a liar then that paints them in a even more 
unflattering light. 

> The DA was not the French resistance.

Why? Because one was in France and one was in Scotland?

> her mistakes are quite understandable. 

Yes but understandable is not the same as forgivable. Marietta knew
both Harry and Professor Umbrage quite well, she either thought
Umbrage was the better person than Harry or she knew Harry was better
but didn't care; either way Marietta was despicable.

> I still say that Hermione was less than
> honest in presenting her reasons for
> having the students sign the parchment

As certainly as night follows day whenever one of the good guys
manages to do something especially effective somebody will yell
"that's immoral". If JKR had acted on one tenth of all those goody two
shoes complaints Harry and all his friends would have been dead about
4 books ago. Being moral does not mean you must also be stupid, if
Hermione acted in a way you seem to think she should she would be stupid.

> It would have been best all around
> if Marietta had refused to sign
> and walked away 

And right after that Marietta would have walked straight to Umbrage
and told her everything. Hermione would be STUPID to let that happen.
But Marietta did sign, she did promised not to tell anyone; she broke
her promise and there are consequences for that. 

>  Of course, there are consequences for
> being wrong and making mistakes but
> that's different from deliberately
> doing wrong.

Why? Most of the evil in the world is caused by people who have
convinced themselves they are doing the right thing. There is no more
overrated virtue than sincerity!

 Eggplant