Hexing in the WW was :Re: Which Harry Potter character

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 185990

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214"
<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:
 
> Snape used his wand in response. No, I know it is not quite the same
 thing, however, I do not think had the similar argument taking place
in  the muggle world the use of the weapon would have been acceptable.
>

Pippin:

 Snape does not use his weapon to hex anybody, IIRC, but only to warn
Sirius and restrain Lupin.  I can't believe a muggle wouldn't think it
acceptable to warn or restrain  the world's most wanted terrorist and
his accomplice, or that he would think it anything but a waste of time
to argue with them. 

Sirius, OTOH, uses his wand to  bump the unconscious Snape along the
roof of the tunnel. 

Zacharias is older than Ginny (assuming he's in Harry's year),  and,
compared to Ginny,  physically intimidating. He's   skinny, but he's
tall, and he has to be athletic enough to be a Quidditch player. He
didn't just ask an annoying question. He "kept on and on" asking her
about the Ministry battle when she clearly didn't want to talk about it.  

A guy who won't take 'no' for an answer is obnoxious at best. Given
that he seems to expect people to be intimidated by his rudeness, and
that he picks on people he thinks are weaker than he is,   I'd say
that Zacharias is a bully right enough. 

Ginny's certainly guilty of acting like an immature schoolgirl. But
that's what she *is*. 


Pippin