JoshuaZ comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 9 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 09 September 2011 07:33:52PM 5 points [-]

even with Harry repeatedly being in the right place at the right time it still ends with the Weasleys discredited and the Malfoys untouched.

Malfoy gets kicked off the board of governors I thought?

Comment author: gwern 09 September 2011 08:07:26PM 4 points [-]

I checked and yes:

The house-elf also protected Harry from Lucius's subsequent attack and blasted his former master down a flight of steps. Lucius was dismissed as a Governor for his threats against the other eleven colleagues.

I'd have to read CoS again, but from the sound of it, he wasn't kicked off as a direct result of the scheme but for other things - the threats. If he had been cooler-headed...