Standing up to bullies WAS: Re: Which Harry Potter character

[montavilla47]

No: HPFGUIDX 186001

> Magpie:
> Commentary on Quidditch games has always been biased and included 
> personal remarks, and I just don't think it's that surprising that 
> something like this would get said, however McGonagall says the 
> commentary is supposed to go. If McGonagall didn't force Zach to 
> retract his statements (as you claim she would have done with Lee), 
> perhaps she thought it was okay. I don't recall being told that 
> McGonagall was bending over backwards to not look like she's 
> deflecting criticism from her own house, etc. 
> 
> But however McGonagall feels about what Zach said, whatever 
> punishment she did or didn't give to Ginny (perhaps Ginny's claim it 
> was an accident saved her), I simply don't think it's bullying. To 
> me, bullying requires more than just insulting someone in any 
> context. Draco's accused of buying his way onto the team by Hermione, 
> but I don't think she's bullying him when she says it.

Montavilla47:
I think that insults can be bullying, but I don't think that ALL insults are 
bullying.  I agree that Smith can't plausibly intimidate an entire Quidditch
team, especially since he's already been hexed by Ginny.  Size doesn't 
matter in the Wizarding World--magical skill does.  And we are told by
different people that Ginny packs a huge magical punch.