Apologia pro Draco (was Re: Wizarding Top Ten)

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> Magpie:
> > I'm not sure how this really disagrees with what I said. Whether one things he had a chance or not to declare for the other side, he winds up, imo, clearly against Voldemort but not actually doing anything for the other side,
> 
> Bart:
>     I suspect you are forgetting that, when Harry was in the hands of 
> the Death Eaters barely disguised, and Draco has the opportunity to say, 
> "You idiots! You have Harry Potter right in your hands!", instead he 
> pretends not to recognize him (albeit in a way that provides plausible 
> deniability should Harry's identity be found out).

Magpie:
Why would I be forgetting it? It's exactly the type of thing I was referring to. He rejects the opportunity to identify Harry. But neither does he say, "That's not Harry Potter at all! On your way, three strangers I've never seen!" When his parents press him he says it could be, yeah, it is. He's putting up passive resistance, but doesn't actively step in and save him--and again, we know the circumstances that prevent it, but that's still the way it is.

-m