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

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> Del replied :

snip.

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.

 

Del:

> Moreover, I didn't say in my previous posts that Harry is a bad 
boy. I
> *did* say things like : "I agree that Harry has a very good core", 
and
> "I know that the Trio was working for the good". This might not 
sound
> like enough praise for you, but you cannot deny I wrote them.


Alla:

I did not deny you wrote them as GENERAL statements . When you 
described the instances of Harry lying, cheating and stealing in the 
previous post, you did NOT say that he had a good reason to do what 
he did (lie, cheat and steal)
I countered that he did have such reasons.


Del:
So if Harry killed LV, he would
> be considered a hero, not a murderer. He would not be condemned by
> *any* law or rule or whatever.



Alla:


Because stealing is less serious offence moralwise than taking the 
life of another. And you know what? I agree. Harry should NOT feel 
much remorse about killing LV . Especially since it would be killing 
in self-defense if JKR decides to do conventional way, which I doubt.


The fact that he does makes him better person than many would be in 
his place, IMO.


Del:

> What I *am* saying, is that I disagree with his day-to-day 
morality,
> and that the fact that his personal morality allows him to lie, 
cheat
> or steal without remorse, indicates that he's not a pure angel. 
He's
> got his own dark side (and I readily admit that this dark side is 
very
> much kept in check by his good one), like everyone else in HP. In
> fact, the question is rather to know if some people have any good 
side
> at all...
> 


Alla:

No, he is not a pure angel, far from it. I just think that his dark 
side is weaker than in many other characters.