fake!moody Imperius Curse was Re: Aurors and Unforgiveable Curses

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 124352



> 
> Kemper now:
> As all of the students in Harry's DADA class are 5th year and 
> probably considered minors under Wizard Law, wouldn't the 
> parents/guardians of these minors need to have signed some sort of 
> permission slip?  Or is allowing your child to attend the school 
> permission enough?  Having a child placed under the Imperius Curse 
> seems like it would be less permitted than being able to go to 
> Hogsmead.

Finwitch:

The lesson was about
a) How it feels (recognition)
b) How it can be fought off. (defence: defiance)

Since a) is actually very pleasant, well... no harm done. (sort of 
how the Ministry&most of the WW wanted to feel about the whole 
Voldemort thing... wasn't it?)

The effect of Imperio is lack of autonomy, and total loss to your 
ability to make choices. Asking *anyone* but the student for 
permission is adding insult to injury. It *must* be their decision. A 
parent(or anyone else for that matter) has no right to make this kind 
of decision for another.

And as b) is about defying *any* authority, a permissionslip from 
another authority-figure is just ridiculous. If you cannot so much as 
make the choice for yourself (as Hermione could of refused, but 
didn't in the end) it would be *impossible* for you to learn this 
trick.

Finwitch