AbanesRespondsMore ... FanaticsR-US

[nera at rconnect.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 17557

OOPS! I thought, when I wrote my response, that I was in a "Harry's 
choice... good or bad?" type of discussion. I did not realize that I 
had stepped into the middle of a fanatical rant. 

Abanes ... go write your book. This group is for people who read the 
Harry Potter books, enjoyed the Harry Potter books, and for the 
ENJOYMENT of discussing the Harry Potter books. I do not see people 
enjoying your line of debate. I do not know why people are bothering 
to defend Harry Potter against religious fanatics. This is not the 
place for it. Maybe "Religious Fanatics-R-US" would be a better place 
for your fun poisoning commentary.

In other words, chill out! You have become to this list like dog poop 
on our shoes.

Doreen

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., nera at r... wrote:
> > > From: rabanesss at y... 
> > 
> > > 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, but in other place many times we have bad deeds 
> > > (lying, cheating, stealing, breaking wizard laaws) bringing 
about 
> > > fun and goodness. If that isn't cockeyed for a fairy tale/ 
> fantasy, I  don't know what is.
> *********************************
> I do not think that Harry sparing the life of Peter can be 
considered 
> a bad thing, no matter what Peter goes on to do.
> 
> The idea was that Harry wanted them to *not kill Pettigrew, but to 
> imprison him, instead* It was not Harry's fault that Pettigrew then 
> got away and did his evil deeds. It was carelessness that Pettigrew 
> got away. It was Pettigrew's choice to do evil. I suppose, given 
this 
> knowledge, that Harry might not have made this decision to spare 
> Pettigrew, but he was not. Neither were we given this information.
> 
> How did you feel at the time Harry spared Pettigrew and wanted him 
> imprisoned, instead? Did you think, "No! Kill the rotten scum!" Did 
> you think, "I am glad that Harry talked them out of killing?" 
> 
> I, for one, thought it was a very mature decision to choose to 
spare 
> Pettigrew's life. (and I think if it came right down to it, Harry 
> would not choose to harm Snape, even if he were given the chance) 
If 
> Harry had not made this choice, there are a number of other Death 
> Eaters who could have performed the evil deeds which Pettigrew 
later 
> performed, so it is not as if Harry sparing him caused all the 
later 
> problems. It was Pettigrew who made the wrong choices, but if not 
> him, then someone else would. As long as there is the evil 
Voldemort 
> and his evil followers, there will be evil in Harry's world.
> 
> Doreen