"I Must Not Tell Lies"

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 109271

mcmaxslb continued:
> And both pcaehill2 and DuffyPoo have forgotten that Harry was 
> not being punished for lying, he was being punished for telling
> the truth. The truth about Voldemort and the murder of Cedric
> Diggory. He was being tortured by a vicious evil woman under the
> orders of an idiot to keep him from telling the truth. 

pcaehill responds:
"Nope, never forgot that Harry was being punished for telling the 
truth.  All I was trying to suggest was that the scar might pop up 
later as a plot device (if the words haven't completely healed over, 
as you suggest).  Then they might "come in handy" OR work against 
Harry, depending on the circumstances in which he reads them--or how 
someone else might read and interpret (or misinterpret) them.

For instance, I could see Harry in some situation (say, with 
Dumbledore again, from whom he has "withheld info" several times 
over the years), and while he is pondering what to say, glances at 
his hand and (in spite of the horrible original circumstances of the 
scar's infliction) realizing that this is a situation in which he 
must not now lie."

DuffyPoo now:
Thanking Pam, first of all, for posting what will amount to be my answer as well.  I never forgot HP was being punished for telling the truth, but he does have a tendency to lie or, as Pam said, withold information.  Catching a glance at even the thin white scars might make him stop and think.  My initial post was actually using the scar as a reminder not to lie, or, to always tell the truth in front of DD now that he knows DD is a "sufficiently accomplished Legilimens" himself to know when he's being lied to...especially in HPs case when many times what he's 'lying' about or 'covering up' are rolling around in his head while he's making up his mind what to say.  

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