[HPforGrownups] First Triwizard task....cruel?

[Alina]

No: HPFGUIDX 100734

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> On one hand, we're to believe that it's a great sin to harm a unicorn, but
> on the other hand, dragons, equally legendary creatures, are
> apparently fair game.
>
> Or am I being overly sensitive?
>
> I was just wondering if anyone else had given this any thought.

I don't think you're being overly sensitive, I think it all depends on how
you imagine dragons. Dragons are, normally, portrayed as magical, legendary
beings, but that's not necessarily how Rowlings thinks of them for her
books. Remember a recent movie called Reign Of Fire, where Dragons were
pretty much just big, flying, dumb animals that reproduced like fish?
Besides, we've no idea how dragons treat their young. Could be half of them
die after hatching anyway. I'm sure if every egg was precious and counted,
they wouldn't have used real dragon eggs or dragons at all for the task. So
I after reading it, I just assumed that using dragons and their eggs for the
tournament was no less humane than when we eat caviar in real life (yum!).

Alina.