[HPforGrownups] Re: Protecting Students

[No Limberger]

No: HPFGUIDX 189392

>AmanitaMuscaria wrote:
>Not just Hogwarts; the wizarding world is dangerous. Lupin gets bitten as a
child, and
>he is pretty much banished from society at a stroke - if Dumbledore hadn't
accepted
>him at the school, his life would have been very limited. Neville is
dangled out of windows
>'to bring his magic on' - no one seems at all concerned that if he wasn't
magical, he
>would have died; but then, he would have been a squib, and beneath
everyone's
>consideration. Harry is left with abusive relatives because it serves to
keep him alive.
>He gets Mrs. Figg as a guard, who has no magic, and no way of protecting
him should,
>say, a Dementor be set upon him as a small child.

No.Limberger responds:
Anyone bitten by a werewolf is going to be ostracized, whether child or
adult and
for a very simple reason: people don't want to become werewolves. I don't
recall
reading that about Neville, but it seems unlikely that he would have been
allowed
to be severely injured. Harry was left with his aunt & uncle because
Dumbledore
believed that he would be safer there, in spite of how his aunt & uncle
would end
up treating him. Harry, after all, had just survived an attempted murder on
his life
and not all of LV's followers had been found.

>AmanitaMuscaria wrote:
>Even the Weasleys, with Molly's mother hen attitude, have the twins
creating
>explosions and pranks in their bedroom.

No.Limberger responds:
The twins were teenagers and never left anyone permanently injured as a
result of
their pranks.

>AmanitaMuscaria wrote:
>As to your question, I think Dumbledore seems to take a Wizarding view of
children -
>let them find out for themselves - and Snape, a more Muggle conventional
view -
>they must be restricted in what they do.

No.Limberger responds:
Dumbledore did plenty to protect students from harm. As for Snape, given his
childhood, he probably just doesn't trust them and only finds solace when he
believes they're controlled.

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