What Dark Arts?

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 136612

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
> 
> a_svirn:
> <SNIP>
> > And what does it mean "he was into the dark arts"? Did the 
courses 
> > and jinxes James used go under the heading "light arts"? Not to 
> > mention that he was as quick as his son to employ Snape's own 
> > inventions. 
> 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> Well, since Sirius is proven to be absolutely correct as to 
Snape's 
> being into DA ( to me only of course), I am taking his word as 
truth 
> for "James hated Dark Arts".
> 
> I want to say again - I LOVED the irony of James using Snape's 
> creation against him.
> 
> If Snape never created this curse, James would never learn it, 
right?
> 
> 
> JMO of course.
> 
> Alla.

Right. But then, since he took time to learn it and didn't hesitate 
to put it to use doesn't it mean that he "was into the dark arts" 
himself? 

As for the irony
 Well, I suppose there is a certain irony. Just as 
there definitely is a certain irony in Draco's using Hermione's 
ideas and literally following her advice in HBP. The question is 
what does this irony prove? 

a_svirn