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

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No: HPFGUIDX 117320


> 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.


Alla:

Yes, Carol, I believe that in this instance the end justifies the 
means.

And NO, I don't believe that this is exactly Slytherin ethics, even 
though it is quite similar, I concede.

Who says that Slytherin ethics cannot be useful sometimes, as long 
as it is not the proclamation of pureblood superiority?

I also don't believe that Trio is doomed to Hell in Potterverse.

As I said many times - most of the times their rulebreaking is for 
good purpose, for the purpose of helping people. Not always, of 
course, but most of the times.

I firmly believe that JKR approves of rulebreaking for "SELFLESS" 
reasons so to speak.

In this case, I am definitely going with authoritarian intent as I 
interpret it(it does not mean that you should, of course  :o))


By the way, Robin Hood was one of my favourite heroes of all time. 


Carol:

> Also it wasn't really up to Harry and his friends to find out who 
the
> Heir of Slytherin was,

Alla:

Many, many things were not supposed to be done by Harry and his 
friends, I shudder to think what would happened if they did not step 
up to the plate. :o)

 
Carol:
nor did they accomplish much (except
> establishing Draco's innocence) by making a dangerous potion (look 
at
> what happened to Hermione) with stolen ingredients. 

Alla:

True, Draco turned out to be innocent. I still say investigation was 
done with good intent in mind.


Carol:

They merely
> (re)established themselves as rule-breaking troublemakers in 
Snape's eyes.
>

Alla:

Ummm. I don't think Snape NEEDED any re-establishment. I think he 
established Harry as a rule-breaker before he even came to Hogwarts 
and still nto willing to let this motion go. :)