[HPforGrownups] Re: Aurors

[Andrew MacIan]

No: HPFGUIDX 33943

Greetings from Andrew!

A few comments on what we laughingly call
'intelligence' services...

--- tangawarra1 <rachrobins at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Its really interesting what perspectives we all have
> on the aurors. 
> I'm an australian, and although i keep up with world
> politics, we do 
> not really have a recognisable military force like
> the SAS etc here 
> to relate to. I tend to think the aurors would be
> more of an 
> intelligence service than brute military strength.
> (lets face it, 
> aurors are challenging dark magic - that would take
> cunning, daring 
> and intelligence, violence wouldn't be much help if
> you're up against 
> avada kedavra lets face it!).

Perhaps thinking in terms of the US FBI; both a law
enforcement agency and one that has both national and
international intelligence functions.  Most of the
Feds are, basically, cops; thus, in some cases, they
have both the need (so to speak) and the necessity of
killing people.  They operate under Federal law, and
(theoretically) restraint.  This seems to me to be a
good model of the Aurors, as far as we know them.

As for the curses...they're line-of-sight, just like
firearms.  To me, violence via spell and violence vie
physical weapon is, in most cases, identical. After
all, dead is dead and the reason's pretty much
academic.
 
> 
> It seems to me that Dumbledore abhores violence (his
> attitude towards 
> the use of dementors a good example), 

Possibly, but I reall wonder if this isn't an
objection to the modality.  After all, at the end of
GoF, speak of the dementors as being the natural
allies of Voldemort.

> and trusts
> moody implicitly, 
> therefore i feel that he would not have Moody at the
> school if aurors 
> generally were like the SAS.

Concur.  Vide supra.

> 
> In addition to this, we dont know the real moody
> yet. 

We know that Prof D trusts Moody.  If that is good
enough for the Snape fans amongst us....

Cheers,

Drieux

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