The Killing Curse

[arcturusfelire]

No: HPFGUIDX 77180

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Me1is" <melissa_haslam at m...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arcturusfelire" 
> <carlpelleg at a...> wrote:

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> 
> 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.

I live in the United States and we have the death penalty in many 
states (my home state included). And as you said we are shaped by our 
society and thus what is right and wrong. Because of where I come 
from I do not think that justifiable killing is unforgivable. That 
means that the soldiers in armies are all bad people cause they shot 
their enemies. This is not something I agree with.

Now, in Harry Potter I see the killing curse as something more than 
just killing the body. Cause I would think that their are other 
spells out there that can stop the heart, something else must happen 
in this case. We probablly will never know.

Thanks for your response it has made me think.

CarlPelleg