OOP In defense of Harry...spoiler

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No: HPFGUIDX 66452

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "oz_widgeon" 
<Littlered32773 at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "fridwulfa" 
> <rubeus_hagrid at w...> wrote:
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> > Me (Izaskun)
> > Well, true, but don't forget the first chapter, when Harry meets 
> Dudley
> > before the Dementor's attack. He really wants his cousin to give 
> him an
> > excuse to fight him, to use his magic wand against him, he's so 
> angry and
> > frustrated that he feels the only thing that would help him is 
> jinxing
> > Dudley, and had the Dementor's not appeared I'm not so sure he 
> wouldn't have
> > cursed Big D. He would have taken advantadge of his powers, his 
> magical
> > ability against a poor muggle, and yes I'm talking about Dudley, 
he 
> can be
> > whatever you want, but he's still totally powerless against a 
> wizard, Harry
> > is more powerful and he knows it, so it really worried me when I 
> read it.
> > He's not aware of the true extent of his powers, or maybe he is 
> (and that's
> > even more scaring) and yet he's willing to use these powers 
against 
> weaker
> > people.
> > 
> > Cheers, Izaskun
> 
> I don't think Harry would actually have used magic on Dudley.  He 
> migth threaten Dudley, but he *knew* he'd be expelled if he did, so 
I 
> seriously doubt he would use it.


I also don't think that Harry would intentionally use magic on 
Dudley. Under the circumstances in which he did used magic, i.e. 
blowing up Aunt Marge, Harry did it only in a moment of fury and he 
did tried to stop himself from repeating his past mistakes again. He 
is still a young wizard and therefore he might not know the FULL 
consequences of abusing his powers. Besides, if he abused his powers 
while still schooling at Hogwarts, he is bound to get expelled and 
that is the last thing he wanted.

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