CHAPTER DISCUSSION PS/SS 11, QUIDDITCH

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 188409

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ZaraG" <zgirnius at ...> wrote:

> > 2.  Is Harry correct that Snape made up the rule about no books outside school on the spot?  Or do you believe it truly was a Hogwarts rule?  Is this yet another example of Snape picking on Harry unfairly,...?
 
Zara:
> We lack the data to determine this one way or another. 
 
> > or is it yet another example of the trio assuming negative things about Snape unfairly?

Geoff:
Is it unfair to assume things about a person based on their track record?
Snape has, from the outset, displayed a dislike of Harry and has taken 
points from him for little or no reason and thus shown a lack of impartiality 
towards him and towards Gryffindor. Personally, I see virtually no evidence 
of his being positive in their direction at all.

Zara:
> I feel it reasonable to guess it is, at any rate, an example of this. I doubt Harry knows all of the school rules. I suspect he and Ron have better things to do than familiarize themselves with the school rules. <g>

Geoff:
I wonder how many pupils in a school familiarise themselves with the less 
common rules until they crop up in a situation?

As a side example, I walk very frequently on land belonging the the National 
Trust, the UK's biggest conservation group which owns huge swathes of land 
and stately homes etc. When I go onto their land, there is usually a sign 
indicating that the land is in their possession and on the back of the sign is a 
long list of rules and by-laws running to many paragraphs and in small print.
Be honest, have I ever read these rules? Can I quote them or point you to them?
No way.