[HPforGrownups] Re:AbanesRespondsMore

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 17548

> > Regarding Harry letting Peter go -- 
> > TRUE, this is an act of mercy. HOWEVER, how does Rowling 
> > handle this rare good deed??? She ends up having the good 
> > deed turn out to be the WORST thing Harry could have ever 
> > done!!! Because Peter was allowed to live, Cedric dies in book 4 
> > and Voldemort rises. So, here we have a truly good deed 
> > causing evil...

And just how is anyone supposed to see into the future and predict
the outcome of a particular action?

The point is that Harry asked that mercy be shown to Peter who had
(to use an old, established phrase that some of you may remember)
"trespassed against him" and his family.  In this action, Harry was
certainly taking a very moral position and should not be blamed
because Peter did not benefit from his example and take moral
positions himself.

As Dumbledore said, it is our choices that make us what we are and
Harry is learning about choices.  

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