Minority Report (Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: Why the time turner stinks)

[Fred Uloth]

No: HPFGUIDX 79927

At 03:54 AM 9/4/2003 +0000,
"Deirdre F Woodward" wrote:
> > Or better yet, why hasn't Dumbledore or someone else gone back and
> > killed pre-powerful Voldemort?

msbeadsley wrote:
><snip>  And regarding the pre-emptive strike on Voldemort:
>if you go back and kill the arch villain before he *becomes* the arch
>villain, haven't you murdered an innocent man?  At that point, he
>hasn't yet *made* the choices which will later warrant executing him.

Fred Uloth (that's me) wrote:
Sounds like the topic of Minority Report (movie with Tom Cuise that came 
out about a year ago...I understand it was based on a popular Sci Fi book) 
where they used people who can see the future to arrest people before they 
had the chance to murder someone. I agree with msbeadsley that this is 
*very* dangerous ground.

Not to mention that it would alter history something fierce...If Voldy 
hadn't killed the Potters would Harry have turned out as well as he did or 
would he have been a carbon copy of James "strutting around Hogwarts." How 
different would Neville be if he hadn't been deprived of his parents...one 
can assume that his confidence level would be higher. Crouch Sr. would have 
been minister of magic....

Who is to say that a different "Dark Lord" wouldn't have come about. Maybe 
poor DD would spend his life assassinating dark wizards...no this would not 
be a good thing. Adversity forces us to grow (look at Harry), if you 
eliminate all the Dark Wizards there will be no opposition to require 
people to choose right or wrong...no growth in character.

I'm sure I've done an absolutely lousy job of stating my argument and will 
have this blasted to shreds...I'm just not feeling clear headed enough to 
state things well.