Unforgivable Curses - Nature of Dark Magic, too.

[quigonginger]

No: HPFGUIDX 96584

previously> > Ginger:
> > 
> > If the Imperius can be fought, then fighting it must be taught 
for 
> > the benefit of the students.  I hardly need to point out that the 
> > time was coming when they would need it.  
> > 
> > So, in this setting, I would feel that the Imperius was not cast 
as a 
> > curse, but as a practice spell, with good intentions, and 
therefore, 
> > not unforgivable.
> > 
> 
> bboy_mn:
> 
> I weighed in on this issue with what I thought was a perfectly 
logical
> explanation for the sequence of events that lead to and justified 
the
> use of the Imperius Curse in the classroom. Unfortunately, it got 
zero
> response. I was at least hoping for an argument or two.
> 
> I won't repeat it, but here is a link-
> 
> From:  "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...>
> Date:  Fri Apr 9, 2004  2:18 am
> Subject:  Moody!Crouch & Defence Against Imperius Lessons
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/95484

(Quigon) Ginger now:  Yes, yes!  I remember that post.  The rattling 
you heard out your west window was me nodding my agreement.  I didn't 
have anything intelligent to add, so I went on.  

The above quote of mine is a continuation of a thread I started 
giving a dictionary definition of "curse" and how the classroom 
demonstration failed to meet that definition, and was, therefore not 
a curse.  I would wager heavily that your post was in the back of my 
mind at the time.  Not that I intended to repeat or plagerize you.  
Apologies anyway.

> bboy_mn:
> Eons ago I posted a similar theory in great detail in several posts.
(snip links)

(Quigon) Ginger:  Again I must apologize and confess that the "Dark 
Arts" threads have made my head spin a bit.  I merely scanned them.  
Being entirely lost, I had nothing to add.

I guess I just understand Dark Arts to be the magical extention of 
the dark side of human nature.  And equally undefinable without a 
massive treatise, complete with exceptions and exceptions to the 
exceptions.  Dark arts are like lutefisk-I know it if I smell it, but 
would never try to explain it to anyone.

(Quigon) Ginger, hoping this wasn't a waste of bandwidth.