It's a weird dichotomy here. On one hand, I'm much more canon-POV-sympathetic in that I *don't* have a problem with a lot of the Trio's behavior and do, in many cases, think that Draco/Umbridge/Dudley/etc bring it on themselves. (It's not unreasonable to give someone a black eye for saying, essentially, "I'm glad your friend is dead and you'll be next," and given the WW magical medicine available, the hexes at the end of GoF seem very much like that; if you go around saying "Whee, I'm glad the Heir of Slytherin has let out this monster that's killing everyone," you're letting yourself in for a certain amount of suspicion, thanks...)


On the other hand, the counter-jinx sort of thing takes away from what I see as the point of the first perspective, that most acts aren't in and of themselves evil but depend very much on circumstance. Yes, Draco may have deserved his end-of-GoF fate, but...an offensive spell is still an offensive spell, whether or not you're using it justly.