[HPforGrownups] Re: Unforgiveable and dark magic

[EnsTren at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 79049

In a message dated 8/28/2003 2:55:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
gbannister10 at aol.com writes:

> Dark magic is surely magic used for an evil end. Can you suggest 
> situations where the Cruciatus Curse, the Imperius Curse or the Avada 
> Kedavra Curses could be used to constructive ends? I believe they are 
> implicitly dark and evil and, hence, unforgiveable.
> 
> Geoff
> 

Imperius could be used to help people overcome their phobias.  Put them under 
it and make them do what ever it is they fear, move them away and release 
them.  It could also be used on paniced people to lead them to safty or make them 
calm down.

Killing curse is a humane method of putting someone, or something, out of 
their misery.  I'm sure Sir Nicholas de Pimsy (or whatever) would have welcomed 
an AK after the tenth stroke of the Ax.

The curtatious curse, I admit, is a difficult one.  But couldn't it be used 
to determin nerve damnage?  Let's say someone cracked their neck or something, 
or was cut deep.   A Petrificus Totalus to keep them from moving, one split 
second crucio, and then release them after a bit and ask them if it hurt 
everywhere.  Nerve damage = no pain.

If you argue the crutatious goes straight to your brain as it were you could 
still use ti to check brain activity in someone in a coma, how they react to 
it, for instance, they might even wake up for all we know.



Nemi
       --Black Dragon
       --Slasher and Yaoist
       --Utterly Psycotic


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