Re: The Goat Lover was right!

Thanks for that info, no, I didn't know what a 5th column was...
Babs


"Welsh Dog" <welshdog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If Harry and the HW teachers had kept the Slytherin students at the
school as hostages the Slytherin parents on the outside grounds
wouldnt have attacked so fiercely and maybe a certain Twin wouldnt
have been killed.

But when those students rebelled enmass, who would have been there to
hold
them back? No, they needed to go for their safety and for the safety of
those who stayed to fight...

Damn right!! They'd have been a fifth column... imagine getting
blasted by people you thought were fighting with you?? You'd never
know who was a friend and who was an enemy!!

I'm sure this was supposed to mean something...

You don't know what a 'fifth column' is??

This is part of the Wikipedia entry which explains it - the 'usage'
part is relevant to keeping Slytherin's house inside Hogwarts while
the battle is raging:

Origin

The term originated with a 1936 radio address by Emilio Mola, a
nationalist general during the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War. As his army
approached Madrid, he broadcast a message that the four columns of his
forces outside the city would be supported by a "fifth column" of his
supporters inside the city, intent on undermining the Republican
government from within (see Siege of Madrid).[1]

In fact, this supposed "fifth column" did not prove very effective, as
evidenced by the fact that Madrid held out until 1939 despite very
heavy fighting. Nevertheless, the term caught on and was used
extensively, especially by those fighting the Fascists and Nazis. It
was especially in wide use in Britain in the early stages of the
Second World War. There, fear of the "fifth Column" was used as
justification for the mass internment on the Isle of Man of German
nationals resident in the country.

Usage

The term also refers to a subpopulation assumed to have loyalties to
countries other than the one in which they reside, or who support some
other nation in war efforts against the country they live in, the
result of dual loyalty.

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