Marietta yet again

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 176878

 "zeldaricdeau" <zeldaricdeau at ...> wrote:

> you must have your own idea of an 
> objective code of morality 

It's subjective not objective and you just try to do things that you
figure will bring more net happiness to the world, sometimes it's easy
to determine which acts will do that and sometimes it's not, you do
the best you can. In Marietta's case it was easy (unless she is a
moral imbecile) to figure out that Harry was a better person than Umbrage.

> I assume she, like me, interpreted the
> name "Dumbledore's Army" as not completely
> literal. 

I've lost count how many times I've said this in the last few days but
if so that is YET ANOTHER thing she was dead wrong about.

> you don't believe that the influence 
> of her family/the WW equivalent of 
> the mass media should be taken into 
> account in examining her motives/actions. 

I'm not interested in influences, explaining why somebody is a monster
or engages in treachery does not make them one bit less of a traitor.
And I might add that Ron read the same newspapers Marietta did and
also had a parent who worked for the Ministry, but you don't see any
pimples on Ron's face.

> You also say, in another post, that
> Marietta brought about the death of Sirius Black 

Yes you're correct, I did. Somebody said Marietta caused no lasting
harm and I pointed out that she most certainly had.

> Any further crimes, IMO, depend on
> what her motivations 

The hell with motivations! Do you imagine the French Resistance
agonized over the reasons this particular Nazi had for joining the
Nazi Party before they put a bullet in his head?

> Personally, I think the hex was extreme of Hermione

Ok, you like motivations so I'll give you motivations. At that point
in our story people and things have been trying to kill Harry Ron and
Hermione for 5 years, often these attempts had come very close to
success. They have seen some pretty horrible things in that time, and
if you had endured all that don't you think you might be a little less
squeamish than you are right now and be willing to take some very
active steps to prevent more of the same? I would.

> Hermione--she's my second favorite character 

Mine too.

 Eggplant