The Killing Curse

[Me1is]

No: HPFGUIDX 77099

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arcturusfelire" 
<carlpelleg at a...> wrote:
> I have been a member of this group for a while now but I haven't 
had 
> any questiones or any thoughts to add. Well now I do.
> 
> My question is what is the underlying nature of the Killing Curse.
> 
> Does it just kill, like if somebody was shot. I ask this because if 
> it just kills a person then it could be used as a legal method for 
> giving the death penalty or if you want to put somebody who is sick 
> and will die anyway out of their missery.
> 
> Or does getting hit by the Killing Curse do something else. Like 
send 
> your soul to hell, destory your soul, banish it, or something else 
of 
> that nature. Like being hit with the Curse stops the normal process 
> when a person dies. If this is true then it would more than likely 
> account for the reason its an Unforgivable.
> 
> I would like to know because it seems that if it just kills a 
person 
> than it could be used for legal/medical purposes.
> 
> Thanks for taking the time and effort to read and answer my 
question.
> 
> CarlPelleg.

Wow - it's hard not to respond emotionally to this post, but I guess 
it depends on the culture you are bought up in.  In Australia is is 
completly illegal and unforgiving to kill for any reason.  You are 
most definitly NOT allowed to kill for medical reasons, and there is 
no death penalty for criminals so you can't kill for legal reasons 
either.  

So what I'm saying is that the fact that the curse simply kills a 
person is MORE than enough to make it unforgivable.

I do see what you are saying though - if you live in a country where 
it is legal to kill for certain reasons, I'm sure (hypothetically) 
that the Avada Kedavra curse could be used.