Dirty Harry / 'Good' Harry (WAS: The intended murder of Pettigrew and

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 117315


Del:
 But when the Trio stole from Snape's office, they went against both
the law and the school rules, and followed only their own self-serving
morality. 
> I'm not saying it's a horrible thing to do per se, especially at the 
> age of 12, I'm just saying we can't ignore it.
> 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> And I am saying we can ignore it in that particular instance.

Carol:
So the end justifies the means? Isn't that the Slytherin ethic: "Those
cunning folk use any means to achieve their ends"? Not to be trite,
but surely the path to hell is paved with good intentions. Stealing is
still stealing, even if you're Robin Hood.

Also it wasn't really up to Harry and his friends to find out who the
Heir of Slytherin was, nor did they accomplish much (except
establishing Draco's innocence) by making a dangerous potion (look at
what happened to Hermione) with stolen ingredients. They merely
(re)established themselves as rule-breaking troublemakers in Snape's eyes.

Carol