you CAN'T hurt a BABY!!!

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 109859

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "theredshoes86"
<ballerinalaura at m...> wrote:
> hello all...
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> She says, "you can't hurt a baby" and then something like 'there was
no time to argue the suggestion' follows.  
> 
> Has this particular part stuck out to anyone else???  
> 
> Could, perhaps, Harry being a baby at the time when Voldemort tried
to kill him have anything to do with Voldemort's powers being destroyed???
> 
> I mean, why else would Hermione say that? the guy was a Death Eater,
she wouldn't have minded hurting him. And there are no other accounts
of babies being hurt in any of the books ....
> 
> ANY THOUGHTS??????
> 
> ballerinalaura


Asian_lovr2:

I don't think Hermione is saying 'it's impossible to hurt a baby' or
that 'it is dangerous to hurt a baby', I think she is simply saying
that you 'shouldn't hurt a baby'. A baby is innocent and defenseless,
therefore, there is no point in harming them. 

Personally, I would have stunned that 'baby head' in the blink of an
eye. He may have had the brain of a baby but he still had the body and
strength of a full grown man, he could have still done harm, although
it would have certainly been harm without willful intent. None the
less, I would have quickly put him out of commission. 

As long as we are on the subject, advise to Harry and the gang, next
time take or break the wands of DE's once you've cursed them. 

Just a thought.

Steve/asian_lovr2