Marrietta's betrayal -Higher Moral Authority

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No: HPFGUIDX 110871

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <b_boymn at y...> wrote:
>> B_Boymn:
> 
> Equally, there is a problem with blindly following the law. The 
law is
> a matter of opinion and is changing all the time. In addition,
> Government, politicians, and therefore law can become corrupt as 
would
> likely be the case if Voldemort wins and takes over.


Alla:

Exactly, thank you very much, Steve.  Besides the fact that Ministry 
is already corrupt, if not for Harry and other children, Fudge will 
still be saying that Voldemort is not back, let's ignore everything.
Who knows, maybe Umbridge will still be staying in school, if not 
for opposition students showed her.

 
>
Steve:
> So, a common and reasonable morality does take precedence over 
common
> law. Obeying the law is the 'easy' choice, just keep your head 
down,
> hope for the best, and do what you are told; the choice of
> non-thinkers and non-doers. Those who think and do, make their 
choice
> based on a deeper and more universal sense of right and wrong. 
> 
> Harry is making his choices, or at least the really important ones,
> based on this same 'higher authority'. Independant of what the 
rules
> and the law says, Harry chooses to do what he knows to be right. 

Alla:


Amen to that too. It is drifting OT, I am afraid, but where will we 
be now, if some people in the USA did not chose to disobey 
segregation laws , for example?

I can only wonder where Harry got a sense of what is right and wrong.
(Not from Dursleys, that for sure. I love Rita Winston's theory 
about "imaginary mom" Lily left in Harry's heart, but I guess other 
reasons also possible)./


Sure, Harry screws up his fair share, but when it is very important, 
I think his inside barometer works really well most of the time.