Sirius: Slashing the Fat Lady

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Judy" <judyshapiro at d...> wrote:

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> Monika Huebner wrote:

> > I will agree on
> > this. Okay, those portraits seem to have feelings, but I still
> > rather consider them as "objects". 
> 
> Are you sure you want that as your philosophy?  If things that have
> feelings can be considered objects, with which one can do as one
> pleases, then what objection can be given when Lucius treats house
> elves, and even non-magical humans, as objects to be tortured for fun?
> If we withhold all rights, even the right not to be randomly attacked,
> from some beings that have feelings, then what are the grounds for
> granting that right to *anyone*? 
> 

Hm. You know, after checking the book - and someone may have pointed 
this out, I haven't paid much attention to this thread - there is 
nothing that directly states that Sirius harmed the Fat Lady. Now, 
Peeves says she's "a mess" but I take that to mean that she's 
emotionally distraught at the way her "home" was vandalized.

Second point: The attack was NOT random. You don't take a post 
guarding something without the understanding that you might run into 
trouble. Occupational hazards, you might say.

Again, if someone's said this already... um. Oh well? *grin*

-C.K.
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