umbridge helping Harry.

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 192569



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bart at ...> wrote:
>
> On 11/17/2013 8:05 AM, corey wrote:

Corey:
> > Hey group, I know this is going to sound completely crazy but I reread parts of the OotP, and I kind of got to thinking that Umbridge sorta of helped Harry. The reason I say that is cause maybe she unknowingly got him ready for what was to come. I know I'm most likely going to take some heat over this but just thought I'd throw it out there. I'm in no way a fan of Umbridge but I'm just saying it made me think a little.
 
Bart:
>      I've heard of con artists saying that they've done their victims a 
> favor by making them more careful about their money in the future. Sort 
> of the same thing.
> 
>      Or, as comedian Jackie Mason once said of Frank Sinatra, a mob 
> connected singer he went afoul of: "Frank Sinatra once saved my life. He 
> said, 'OK, boys, he's had enough!'"

Geoff:
I agree with Bart - that actions by people can unintentionally help their 
opponents. Hitler's opening of a second front against Russia in 1940 
has often been quoted as an enormous help to Western Europe after 
his failure to invade the UK in the summer.