Professor Binns

[Potterfanme]

No: HPFGUIDX 80517

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "corinthum" <kkearney at s...> 
wrote:
> Wanda wondered:
> 
> > Since discussion has turned to CoS, I noticed for the first time 
> > Professor Binns.  During his class where he gives the story of 
the 
> > Chamber of Secrets, he squashes the discussion when it seems to 
be 
> > leading towards Dumbledore and using Dark Magic to find the 
Chamber 
> > by saying, "Just because a wizard doesn't use Dark Magic doesn't 
> > mean that he can't."  This just seems a slightly odd thing to 
say; 
> > WOULD Dumbledore use Dark Magic if he had a compelling enough 
reason 
> > to? 
> 
> I believe so, yes.  
> 
> "'He did not wish to tell me,' said Dumbledore.  'But I am a
> sufficiently accomplished Legilimens to know when I am being lied to
> and I- persuaded him- to tell me the full story, before I left for 
the
> Department of Mysteries.'" (OoP, US p.832)
> 
> Perhaps not Dark Magic, but I'm quite sure Dumbledore's persuasion
> techniques involved more than forceful words.
> 
> -Corinth

Now Susan:

But what exactly is Dark Magic?  My interpretation has been that 
*any* magic used in an evil or *dark* way was Dark Magic.  I have 
felt that the intention of the spell caster is what determined 
whether it was good or bad magic.

As for professor Binns, I wonder if he just loved teaching so much he 
couldn't give up teaching.

Susan