OOP: Something that disturbed me

[crisagi1]

No: HPFGUIDX 65346

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jillily3g" <jillily3g at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Wendy St John" 
> <hebrideanblack at e...> wrote:
>  
> > Spedlegs4169 wrote:
> > 
> > "i think harry's use of the Cruciatus curse is completely 
> justified.  
> > Lestrange was "famous" for her use of the Cruciatus Curse on the 
> > Longbottoms.  Harry did the curse for Neville, and for himself, 
> > because Lestrange was the one that sent the spell at Sirius and 
> > knocked him through the archway."
> > 
> > 
> > Now me (Wendy):
> > 
>  In some ways,
> > having a wand is like carrying a loaded gun. If someone chooses 
to 
> carry a loaded weapon around, that person had better have a very 
> clear head about when and how to use it. 
> 
> and:
>  Harry faced off against Bella, wand drawn, and his gut reaction 
was 
> a desire to cause pain, to which end he used an illegal, Dark 
curse. 
> I will accept there are mitigating factors here - his age being the 
> primary one, but also his emotional state at the time. But I am 
> still not happy with the choice that he made. 
> .................................................................
> Perhaps Harry will suffer a Raskolnikov-like burden of guilt, but I 
> can't believe a rational (can we hope for one) Wizengamot could 
> sentence him to Azkaban. Maybe a counselor? Although I can't 
> determine any floor of St. Mungo's that would apply.
> 
> Beth
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Ok for what it's worth, in PoA, it was said that the MoM approved of 
using unforgivable curses on known Death Eaters.  Also, we might like 
to think that we would be "the enlightened" humans we are supposed to 
be in this situation.  But how many of us can actually say that if we 
saw a known serial killer, that is, we know they have killed before, 
and we know they will kill again, and they just killed our 
only "parent figure" that we wouldn't retaliate in some form.  In 
this post someone said having a wand is like having a loaded gun, yes 
you are right.  It is actually more like being trained in the martial 
arts.  You know you can do it, but are supposed to be confident 
enough in your abilities to not have to resort to use them except in 
defence.  If it's one thing that JK has shown us is that there are no 
absolute truths in this world... There are no definate right or wrong 
answers... and hindsight is 20/20.

Crissy