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[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 188028


> Kemper now:
 
> Here's why I think there was no consent: no loving parent would ever consent, and we get the impression that her parents do alright by her.

Pippin:
Why do you suppose they wouldn't consent? The goal was not to protect their peace of mind, it was to save them from ending up like the Longbottoms, powerful wizards mind you, but no match for the Death Eaters who tortured them into insanity. It's not a question of treating them like ickle Muggles who can't protect themselves. 

It's easy to make any dilemma in cannon into a false dilemma simply by imagining an alternative that JKR, to simplify the story, didn't bother to eliminate. But it's not presented as a false dilemma in canon. There aren't a lot of other options. The Grangers can't stay with the Weasleys, who are to pretend that their son is down with Spattergroit and they are more or less at peace with the new regime. 


Only the Prime Minister and the Dursleys get any protection from the Order. The rest of the Muggles are on their own, unless neighbor wizards use protective charms to conceal them. But that's against random killings, not the targeted assassinations that no one but Harry ever escaped.

 But I'm sure Mad-eye would have been willing to put the Grangers up with the Dursleys, if you think they'd have liked that better. Personally, I'd rather be memory-charmed in Australia, especially since there's no knowing how long I'd have to be in hiding. But that's just me.

Pippin