Why is AK unforgiveable

[Melody]

No: HPFGUIDX 45200

Grey (May I call you Grey?  Probably not.) wrote:

>>>I am with you (partially),  Melody, in that they are unblockable
-but in my case, it's the *three* of them. Let me explain my position
with some canon.
***GW sets up his line of logic****
And those are the premises. I believe that all curses can be blocked
by the correct shield (allowing for things like relative power of the
casters, amount of punishment taken by the shield so far, etc.). All
except the unforgivable curses, which is what makes them so dangerous<<<

Me:
Awww, I'm touched.  You agreed with me...sort of.  :)

I do see your point about the unforgivable to be unblockable.  That
would make sense why Auror Longbottum, who has dedicated his life to
capturing those that do not want to be captured, could do nothing to
avoid being attacked by the Cruciatus.  If anyone knew how to block a
curse, I believe it would be an auror.

So then why is AK defined by Crouch/Moody as unblockable and not the
others?  Crouch/Moody said (GOF Ch 14), "How are you supposed to
defend yourself against something you've never seen?...You need to be
prepared."

It seems there that he is implying that a defense against the illegals
exists...except AK which he states later as you quoted.  The only
blocking of Imperius is within therefore unteachable, but he is quite
quiet about Cruciatus.  I do agree with Eloise that it is unlikely
that he could perform Cruciatus on the students to help show them the
needed blockage, but why show them in the first place if there is not
remedy to the cure.  Well besides to get his kicks.

Crouch/Moody does say in the beginning of class, "I'm supposed to show
you what illegal curses look like..."  From the beginning, he says his
only goal was to exhibit the effects of the curses not actually teach
them how to have a defense against the dark illegal arts.

So yes, in a way, the illegals are unblockable by any device created
by a wizard whether spell or object.  Well besides love.

Maybe Harry would make a good auror.  He can fight the Imperius and
cannot die by AK curse...as long as his love charm doesn't have an
expiration date.  But by your pet theory, it seems Voldemort believes
the charm is not protecting Harry anymore since he decided to perform
AK during the duel.

Melody