How's Harry going to learn the curses?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 87274

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "meriaugust" <meriaugust at y...>
wrote:
> 
> > Jazmyn writes:
> > > Harry should NEVER learn those curses. They are illegal and 
> called
> > > 'Unforgivables' for a reason. He can find some other way to kill
> > > Voldemort then breaking the law to do it. IMO, Harry should NOT 
> ever
> > > have to kill anyone. He is JUST A KID---
> 
> snipped
> 
> Those are admirable sentiments, and ones I wish exist in the real 
> world, but the WW is at war, and in the real world it is kids, 
> people mostly between the ages of seventeen and twenty five, who do 
> the fighting and the dying and the killing in wars, not the grown up 
> leaders or gernerals. I'm guessing that Lily and James Potter being 
> so young when they were killed was not an anomaly. There are 
> probably going to be more young kids dying, and even fighting. It's 
> a sad fact, but one we have to live with. I don't want Harry to have 
> to kill, but in a war, how is someone of his age and stature 
> (relating to the prophecy of course) supposed to avoid it? JKR makes 
> a point of making her fantasy world very realistic, and after all, 
> it's boys a few years older than Harry's age that get shipped to the 
> front in real world war. 
> Meri - apologozing for the morbid subject matter.


Carol:
Yes, but there are other ways to fight, and even to kill, than the
unforgiveable curses. The end does not justify the means, and Good
cannot use Evil means and remain Good. Dumbledore has powers that he's
too noble to use, and I'm sure we'll find that the same is true of
Harry (and Neville and the rest).

Carol, who hopes that the next DADA teacher will teach the kids
something really useful!