Dumbledore & Power

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No: HPFGUIDX 189050


Pippin:
<SNIP>
Dumbledore's actions were scrutinized and criticized both by the Ministry and by
Rita Skeeter. He got many letters every day objecting to how he ran the school. <SNIP>

Alla:

LOL. IMO Rita is shown as spiteful miserable twit in my opinion who does not really find things which are bad and reports them to the public, but is looking for sensations where there are none and thus makes good people' lives miserable. Having grown up in totalitarian country and seeing how much the "fourth power" did to change the things which were badly in need of change, when no other powers really existed or were just waking up, I actually take a strong exception to the only portrayal of journalist doing her job being a portrayal of "yellow press". So, no I do not think that counts as Dumbledore's actions were being scrutinized, I do not think that anything that Rita interviewed people about really needed scrutiny. And what did it take to actually MAKE her to write something that public needs to hear? Of course Hermione.


James:
<SNIP>
Finally, how did Bumbles keep the WW from finding out what was
happening at Hoggy every year? The students just decided en-mass to
not report anything? The parents simply don't care what happens to
their children? Bumbles Obliviated everyone? <SNIP>


Alla:

One does wonder yes.  I mean I am perfectly willing to accept ( do not like that but accept it) that some WW parents have different standards as to what their kids could and should endure, but NO I am not buying that parents would leave their kids in school where Headmaster does not give a flying hoot (IMO) that in his quest to save one child's soul other kids could end up seriously injured or dead.  Did the bastard ever tell Katie's parents what happened? I seriously doubt it.

But I also think that most WW parents just as slavishly worshipping DD as members of Order of Phoenix. Unfortunately I am drawing a blank, somebody help me, when did parents first start taking their kids out of school due to war? In HBP or in DH? When was Hanna taken out ( or even was she)? 

JMO,

Alla