Kreacher

cubfanbudwoman susiequsie23 at sbcglobal.net
Mon Mar 1 19:02:40 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 91857

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, tyler maroney <tmar78 at y...> 
wrote:
> Siriusly Snapey Susan wrote:
> Yikes!  Would *you* want Kreacher working in 
> the Hogwarts kitchen? *I* wouldn't!  He's such 
> an unpleasant little bugger--who could get along 
> with him?  And I wouldn't trust him w/ my food 
> preparation either!
> 
> 
> 
> Tyler:
> But if he'd had his memory removed they could
> re-educate him,  maybe make him nicer.  After all, 
> didn't Dumbledore say he was a nasty little bugger
> cause he was made that way by wizards?  If that social
> programming was removed,  he'd be a blank slate. 
> There might just be a chance of helping him become a
> nice guy then (in theory).  
> 
> I dunno...I just find it hard to accept that Dumbledore 
> had no other option but to continue letting him live at 
> HQ knowing he was a potential danger.  There just had to 
> be another way.  Isn't there some way of magically putting 
> someone in an indefinite state of suspended animation maybe?
 

Susan again:
I don't think DD meant that Kreacher is totally and exclusively the 
result of how the witches & wizards in his life have treated him.  I 
took that comment to mean more universally that witches & wizards 
bear some responsibility for the condition in which house elves & 
other creatures find themselves, and that if those creatures are 
suspicious or resentful of wizards, then wizards would be wise to 
acknowledge that some of the blame lies w/ themselves for their 
treatment of said creatures. 

I also have to question how "simple" or even permissible it would be 
to remove someone's memory entirely!  It strikes me as an AWFULLY 
drastic & likely unethical thing to do to someone.  And if we're 
talking about treating creatures more carefully & respectfully, then 
just deciding to REMOVE a memory because the creature seems dangerous 
hardly seems an example of such treatment.

Siriusly Snapey Susan


 





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