Sadism or not ? McGonagall and her punishments

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 186666

> jkoney:
> I interpreted it to mean that Parvati wasn't wearing an approved sort of hair clasp. 

a_svirn:
Approved sort of hair clasp?! What is it, North Korea? I don't believe even Umbridge could be bothered to regulate hair clasps. 

> jkoney:
If there is a uniform it probably (at least the ones I was subjected to) limits what you can wear as part of the uniform. While they have to wear hats, a Harley baseball cap wouldn't meet the requirements. Since she used the term ridiculous, I assumed it meant something garish to cause people (the visiting students) to look at her. If so, this would violate the dress code.

a_svirn:
Yes, I rather think "causing people to look at her" was the point. What's wrong with visiting students looking at her, though? Wasn't the whole idea of the Tournament to "establish ties between young witches and wizards of different nationalities"? Fortunately, they looked anyway – we are told several times that Parvati is very pretty.