Sadism or not ? McGonagall and her punishments

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 186757

> Sheryll:
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> I don't necessarily see this as evidence that there are no regulations as to hair or hair accessories. All this is is a rudimentary shopping list. It is by no means an inclusive list of what students can bring to school with them. Simply because something isn't mentioned, doesn't mean a reasoned conclusion can't be made. After all, there's no mention of the students showering, but I'd lay odds they don't go dirty all year. 

a_svirn:
I'd say it's a pretty inclusive list. What's showering has to do with uniforms? You don't need include shampoo and soap into the list of uniform requirements, it's absurd. But if you are getting your kid ready for a boarding school with specific (and very strict) hair regulations you need to know what they are. If you son sport dreadlocks and the school requires all boys to have a neat short haircut you'd have to take him to the barbers. If the school requires girls' bands, Alice bands and hairclips to be of specific colour you'd need to buy all those items, wouldn't you? Or some of them. 

> Sheryll: 
> There are also lots of rules that don't get mentioned in the initial letters to students. Some of them are given by Dumbledore at the Opening Feast. 

a_svirn:
What rules? That the Forbidden Forest and a certain corridor are forbidden? You don't include thing like that into a list of uniform requirement either. As for dungbombs and other Zonko products, not only it has nothing to do with uniforms, parents only need to have some rudimentary common sense to know that things like dungbombs aren't something you should equip your kid with.