Now that the children are back it will be difficult to repeat the experience, I'm certain. Which is a pity: I rather enjoyed the company. Though I'm certain it must have been odd for you to return here.
I am often tempted to ask them how many people they think die weekly under the Dark Lord's most merciful regime, and how many of those would live when they otherwise would not if we were to overthrow that regime tomorrow. But they find it easier to bear those deaths, I suppose, as they are not transpiring right under their noses. And I am certain they would not accept killing one to save thousands, when waiting for a solution that does not carry a cost in blood that they can see costs those thousands over time.
And yet it is we who are the heartless monsters, for daring to suggest decisive action.
I imagine they have forgot your willingness to sacrifice Potter, yes. Or they've concluded that your vow has defanged you, and decided that as long as you are not a threat to Potter, you are safe enough. Another example of the hypocrisies to which they seem prone.
It is not so much that I believe they will listen to you more than they listen to me; rather, it is that the mere act of making a suggestion will not automatically cause certain ears to tune out the words being spoken when those words come from your lips rather than mine. Black, for instance, would rather gnaw off his own limb than admit I might have a point.
I am aware that my method of proposing those suggestions is often taken as abrasive, and am working to control my frustrations enough so that I might mitigate that effect somewhat -- but having someone else making the same points may, I hope, override the instinctive response.
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I am often tempted to ask them how many people they think die weekly under the Dark Lord's most merciful regime, and how many of those would live when they otherwise would not if we were to overthrow that regime tomorrow. But they find it easier to bear those deaths, I suppose, as they are not transpiring right under their noses. And I am certain they would not accept killing one to save thousands, when waiting for a solution that does not carry a cost in blood that they can see costs those thousands over time.
And yet it is we who are the heartless monsters, for daring to suggest decisive action.
I imagine they have forgot your willingness to sacrifice Potter, yes. Or they've concluded that your vow has defanged you, and decided that as long as you are not a threat to Potter, you are safe enough. Another example of the hypocrisies to which they seem prone.
It is not so much that I believe they will listen to you more than they listen to me; rather, it is that the mere act of making a suggestion will not automatically cause certain ears to tune out the words being spoken when those words come from your lips rather than mine. Black, for instance, would rather gnaw off his own limb than admit I might have a point.
I am aware that my method of proposing those suggestions is often taken as abrasive, and am working to control my frustrations enough so that I might mitigate that effect somewhat -- but having someone else making the same points may, I hope, override the instinctive response.