Harry's protection

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 112942

Kneasy
> Um. I'm having trouble with this one. 
> How often does Sacrificial Love turn up in the books? Once -  
maybe. Yeah sure, Lily sacrificed herself - the 'maybe' was 
because it happened  before the books kicked off, but gets 
referred to later. I'd expect the boys in the back-room of the 
Ministry to concentrate on something that has a wider 
application, or at least something they can get examples of 
 to study. Can't study lovin' Lil's mind set or emotions - she's 
gone; an  ex-witch, joined the choir invisible, etc. How do you 
study that?<

Well, considering they've also got time in a bottle and the solar 
system somehow sandwiched into a basement laboratory, I 
wouldn't put it past them. But I think the PBTD* is *unselfish* 
love. That gets rid of Kneasy's drawbacks, and also  avoids the 
martyr complex -- "Look what I've done for you!"

I'd say there is loads of unselfish love in the books--sacrificial 
love is only the most spectacular example of it.

Pippin
*Power Behind The Door