[HPforGrownups] Re: Aurors

[Allen, Rebecca]

No: HPFGUIDX 33940

Steph asked:
> 
> Could JKR be basing the Aurors after the SAS that
> England employed to "keep the peace" in Northern
> Ireland, who were also given a liscence to kill? 
> Currently, I'm taking Irish history at college, and
> some of the parallels between the two groups are a
> little unnerving.  Anyone think the same, or want to
> refute this thinking?

Sure sounds like it from your description. As an American I always imagined the typical Auror to be a little like Donald Rumsfeld.

Reporter to Defense Secretary Rumsfeld: 
" ... beyond the criticism from human rights organizations 
 for using the cluster bombs, they're calling for a halt 
 - could you explain the tactical rationale for using them?" 
  
Secretary Rumsfeld: 
"They are being used on front-line 
  al Qaeda and Taliban troops to try to 
  kill them, is why we're using them, 
  to be perfectly blunt." 

I think JKR is setting us up to have grave doubts about the moralism of the Aurors; I'm not crazy about Moody either.

/Rebecca


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