The Unforgivable Curses

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 95021

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "manawydan" <manawydan at n...> 
wrote:
> Delwyn wondered:
> x> >
> x> 
> Which ties into another angle which came to me the other day, 
while musing
> idly on the practical uses of the various branches of magic in 
workplace
> settings in the WW (basically I came to the fairly unremarkable 
conclusion
> that an industrial-type wizard would rely fairly heavily on Charms 
while a
> farmer would have a lot to do with Potions). But then I began 
wondering
> about whether AK was equally Unforgiveable if it's used to 
slaughter
> animals. Compared to the ways in which we kill them in our world, 
it seems
> considerably more humane.


Potioncat:
I hope I have the right name for the post above.  
I think you have a good question and I'd like to add to it. If AK 
could be used on animals (we did see it used on a spider) and if it 
is more humane, (I don't know, but it would seem so) why does 
MacNair come with an axe for Buckbeak?