Sadism or not ? McGonagall and her punishments

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 186697

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Shaun Hately" <drednort at ...> wrote:
>
> > Alla:
> >
> > But that's sort of my point Shawn. You seem to be convinced that
> > they have hair regulations because RL schools that you attended
> > had uniforms, which is fair enough. But  there is not one reference
> > in canon about it, so I just do not see what you are basing it
> > besides having RL experience that uniformed schools have hair
> > regulations.
> 
> Shaun:
> 
> Well, first of all, I think there's a very clear reference in canon about 
> it. The whole case that we are discussing. Professor McGonnagall tells 
> Parvarti to remove the ornamental butterly from her hair.
> 
> Have we ever seen Professor McGonagall require a student to do something we 
> know to be contrary to the rules of the school? For the life of me, I can't 
> think of a single case. 

a_svirn:
Yes, we have – when she made Harry a seeker in his first year. And that's a far more important rule than appropriateness of large ornamental butterflies.