Dirty Harry / 'Good' Harry

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"justcarol67" <justcarol67 at y...> wrote:

> So the end justifies the means?

This question has always mystified me; it's like asking how long
is a piece of string. The only answer I can give is, it depends on 
how good the end is and how bad the means are; for example, if the 
end is preventing a holocaust and the means is being rude to a 
friend for 5 minutes then yes, the end justifies the means. Remember 
they are at WAR and to expect to survive, much less defeat an enemy, 
without doing anything with even the slightest moral taint is 
ridiculous.

> Stealing is still stealing, even
> if you're Robin Hood.

It is June 5 1944, you and your company of parachutist commandos 
have landed off course and deep behind the Nazi lines. If you do not 
complete your mission and sabotage the Nazi gun emplacements 
overlooking Omaha beach thousands of allied soldiers will be killed 
tomorrow on D day; but you'll never be able to march to there in 
time. But then you spot a parked German truck with a full tank of 
gas. "Sergeant," you yell, "We can take that truck and
get there in time and save all those soldiers," 
"No," the grizzled old Sergeant replied, "We can't do
that, that truck belongs to the Germans, taking it would be stealing 
and stealing is wrong." 

Question: What is wrong with this picture?  

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

I wasn't up to Harry to defeat Voldemort 4 times either, but if
he hadn't done it the job wouldn't get done

> nor did they accomplish much (except
> establishing Draco's innocence) by 
> making a dangerous potion 

In war some missions are successful and some are not. 

> throughout OoP Harry's anger is more 
> intense, more vicious, more*venomous*
> than in any other book, 

Yes and about time too! I agree with Dumbledore when he told 
Harry, "You are not nearly as angry with me as you should
be". 
And artistically I think it was a very good move on Rowling's
part. In future books I hope Harry becomes downright scary, so 
creepy in fact that at time you're not even certain he's
still the 
good guy.

Eggplant