[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore WAS: Re: Love and Joy vs. Hate and Despair

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 190903


> Alla:
>
> Ah, but thats the whole point though, isn't it? Yes, nobody knows that Fake Moody put Harry's name in there, but doesn't it make the "magical contract" invalid by definition since one party did not*enter*  into it?

Bart:
All too often, rules are not made because nobody imagines the rule being 
broken. Many "strange laws" originated because a situation never even 
considered ended up happening. For example, a library near me has a 
sign, "Cleats may not be worn in the library." I suspect that very few 
libraries have rules against wearing cleats, but if you have a library 
next to an athletic field, it can become a problem.

Among the protections preventing underage wizards from being entered, 
nobody thought to make a rule preventing PROFESSORS from entering 
students' names; note that the only reason why it did happen was because 
one of the professors was an impostor. Note that it was so unthinkable 
that nobody suspected it, even after it was done.

     Bart


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