The intended murder of Pettigrew and moral corruption (Was; Vengeance on Sna

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 116957


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214"
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant9998" 
> <eggplant9998 at y...> wrote:
> 
> snip.
> 
> The Ministry was corrupt and incompetent, Harry should have known he 
> could not expect justice from those fools and let Sirius and Lupin 
> get on with it.
> > 
>  No, I think the biggest mistake Harry ever made in his life was in 
> > book 3. 
> 
> 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> I agree with you in a sense that Peter is much much better off dead 
> (to warn you I am speaking as someone who does not believe in agent 
> Peter, but only in trator and Voldemort spy Peter), I also think 
> that Remus and Sirius should have go ahead and killed him and 
> produced his body to Dumbledore and Ministry.
> 
> I have very little doubt that Harry would have forgiven them later 
> on. After all his justification for getting Peter to the minsitry 
> was that he does not want his father's best friends to become 
> killers, not that he (Harry) had warm and fuzzy feelings for him.
> I think it also shows how much both Remus and Sirius love Harry - 
> that they were able to put aside perfectly justifiable feelings of 
> revenge over their traitorous friend because Harry said so.
> 
> But I am also hesitant to call what Harry did a biggest mistake of 
> his life. He did what was right. Thirteen year old does not know 
> that Ministry is corrupt and expects justice. I see nothing worng 
> with that.

Carol responds:
Alla, just curious. How in your view would Sirius, an escaped convict,
and Remus, a werewolf, have proven that the man they murdered was
himself a murderer and a traitor? Would anyone, Fudge in particular,
have listened to them? Wouldn't Sirius have been sent straight to the
Dementors and Remus to Azkaban without a trial?

IMO, Harry did more than save them from staining their souls with
murder. He saved them both from fates worse than death.

(If you've already answered this, please just direct me to the post,
as I'm hopelessly behind.)

Carol, who does at least know what's behind the door and thanks JKR
for the Halloween treat!