[lashbear]

That was the point we were making (only hidden in spoilers, of course...) ie:

Originally Posted by lashbear

Stoat and I are of the opinion:

Spoiler:

Why did the death eaters even need to go to Hogwarts? They did nothing, apart from kicking over some glasses from the table on the way out, and busting a set of stained glass windows. Oh, that's right, they did burn Hagrids hut (presumably while Hagrid was out the back having a pee), but they weren't neded for the dispatch of Dumbledore at all.

OOoooooooo, scary.

Snape took care of everything that Draco couldn't do, and Harry didn't even need to be petrified, a simple "SSssh" gesture stopped him from crying out or trying to stop anything from happening.