More Grim than True
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alternityGreetings, British Journal-Readers,
Much as it pains us to agree with anything the murderess Bellatrix Lestrange may have to say on the subject of her cousin, we must caution all not to take false hope from the recent resurgence of someone posting in Sirius Black's name.
Sirius Black is dead. Doris Purkiss is certain of this as he has not contacted her in any way. Doris knew Sirius Black, remember, and would have been the first he'd have told had he managed to survive. If he had somehow returned to our embattled country, we would be first with the news.
We are equally disappointed to hear the outcry vindicating the actions of those responsible for the violent protest that erupted a week ago. We have mentioned before the dire consequences of radical anarchy. It is not and can never be a just solution to any society's problems. One has only to look at the average wizard's response to realise how wrong-headed the attempt was to the true cause. Muggles were hunted down that night; muggleborns suffered worse casualties than the wizarding folk.
We believe MLE, however, when they tell us (as they have done this morning) that the attack could only have been executed with the assistance of someone within the Ministry, placed in just the right position to endanger so many lives in a single action. We were as shocked as anyone, though, to learn that MLE have identified that insider as Fortinbras Hooper. While we will not speculate on his particular guilt or innocence, we cannot imagine how the DogStar, of all organisations, managed to corrupt and twist the loyalties of a man whose own brother they had already tortured for information pertinent to his time with Mr Lucius Malfoy, and killed when they had exhausted his usefulness. That seems, to us, beyond the pale. We find MLE's explanation, that Hooper somehow believed Mr Malfoy, and not DogStar agents, responsible for his brother's death, to be a trifle too convenient for our credulity. We suppose we'll have to wait and see what his trial brings to light and why MLE are so convinced it was DogStar and none other that allegedly brought him to his betrayal.
We have a different theory about the whole ordeal. We believe that the incident was intended as an attack on the visiting dignitaries as a warning against giving the current government any more credibility than necessary. While the Cup was thrilling to witness, it was also a step toward legitimacy among other wizards unlike anything we have yet accomplished under the Lord Protector's rule. We believe that the disturbance was meant to indicate how very far we are from a peaceful, settled land. Judging by the number of people who were willing to bloody their hands afterward, whomever is truly responsible may well be right. We are savages still.
One thing is certain: Magical Law Enforcement has just grown a little less lawful and a little more enforcing now that Claudius Yaxley is in charge.
Much as it pains us to agree with anything the murderess Bellatrix Lestrange may have to say on the subject of her cousin, we must caution all not to take false hope from the recent resurgence of someone posting in Sirius Black's name.
Sirius Black is dead. Doris Purkiss is certain of this as he has not contacted her in any way. Doris knew Sirius Black, remember, and would have been the first he'd have told had he managed to survive. If he had somehow returned to our embattled country, we would be first with the news.
We are equally disappointed to hear the outcry vindicating the actions of those responsible for the violent protest that erupted a week ago. We have mentioned before the dire consequences of radical anarchy. It is not and can never be a just solution to any society's problems. One has only to look at the average wizard's response to realise how wrong-headed the attempt was to the true cause. Muggles were hunted down that night; muggleborns suffered worse casualties than the wizarding folk.
We believe MLE, however, when they tell us (as they have done this morning) that the attack could only have been executed with the assistance of someone within the Ministry, placed in just the right position to endanger so many lives in a single action. We were as shocked as anyone, though, to learn that MLE have identified that insider as Fortinbras Hooper. While we will not speculate on his particular guilt or innocence, we cannot imagine how the DogStar, of all organisations, managed to corrupt and twist the loyalties of a man whose own brother they had already tortured for information pertinent to his time with Mr Lucius Malfoy, and killed when they had exhausted his usefulness. That seems, to us, beyond the pale. We find MLE's explanation, that Hooper somehow believed Mr Malfoy, and not DogStar agents, responsible for his brother's death, to be a trifle too convenient for our credulity. We suppose we'll have to wait and see what his trial brings to light and why MLE are so convinced it was DogStar and none other that allegedly brought him to his betrayal.
We have a different theory about the whole ordeal. We believe that the incident was intended as an attack on the visiting dignitaries as a warning against giving the current government any more credibility than necessary. While the Cup was thrilling to witness, it was also a step toward legitimacy among other wizards unlike anything we have yet accomplished under the Lord Protector's rule. We believe that the disturbance was meant to indicate how very far we are from a peaceful, settled land. Judging by the number of people who were willing to bloody their hands afterward, whomever is truly responsible may well be right. We are savages still.
One thing is certain: Magical Law Enforcement has just grown a little less lawful and a little more enforcing now that Claudius Yaxley is in charge.
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Date: 2011-09-06 07:30 pm (UTC)Speaking of which, do you think they really allowed Scrimgeour to retire? 'Looks forward to tending the gardens at his home in Dorset', my foot. I shouldn't like to be him, and that's for certain.