“And the reason it is easy for you to forgive such fools and think well of them, Mr. Potter, is that you yourself have not been sorely hurt. You will think less fondly of commonplace idiots after the first time their folly costs you something dear. Such as a hundred Galleons from your own pocket, perhaps, rather than the agonizing deaths of a hundred strangers.”
Now he’s gone and spent a hundred THOUSAND Galleons on a friend’s folly, and I don’t think Quirrelmort would’ve expected that.
On the other hand he internally declared war on magical Britain when it looked like they would cost him something dear to him, i.e., Hermione.
But by then he’d already declared war on the country of magical Britain, and the idea of other people calling him a Dark Lord no longer seemed important one way or another.
I, and others, interpret the scene exactly oppositly from how you seem to.
I don’t think any involved would consider any of Harry’s friends to have been involved in much folly. And frankly, I don’t think the Wizengamot were fools either, just people reasoning properly from the evidence they had.
Anyone remember this ….
Now he’s gone and spent a hundred THOUSAND Galleons on a friend’s folly, and I don’t think Quirrelmort would’ve expected that.
On the other hand he internally declared war on magical Britain when it looked like they would cost him something dear to him, i.e., Hermione.
I, and others, interpret the scene exactly oppositly from how you seem to.
I don’t think any involved would consider any of Harry’s friends to have been involved in much folly. And frankly, I don’t think the Wizengamot were fools either, just people reasoning properly from the evidence they had.
The punishment was still a bit harsh though.