Harry's Use of an Unforgivable Curse

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No: HPFGUIDX 96091

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Dysis" <d.marchel at c...> wrote:
> Dysis:
> I completely disagree. Just because Harry cannot cast Crucio the 
> correct way doesn't justify the fact that he did try. In our 
> society, a criminal can be punished for attempted murder. That 
> doesn't mean that he killed anyone, but it means that he wanted to. 
> That in itself is a crime. Harry had enough anger in him to want to 
> hurt Bellatrix. The justice system doesn't care if it 
was "righteous 
> anger" or not. I think JKR is trying to tell us that Harry has a 
lot 
> of anger that he can't control, and pretty soon it'll cause him 
some 
> problems.

No, not the fact that he cannot cast crucio justifies the fact that 
he tried. The fact that he just witnessed his Godfather pushed 
through the Veil by the madwoman does, IMO.

If he wanted to kill Bella (I hope somebody does, preferably Nevill), 
he as other posters pointed out would have cast Avada. He did not do 
it. He wanted to hurt her badly. I am not surprised at all.

Justice system actually does care whether you were provoked or not. 
Take it from someone who is involved in it. :o)

Alla