[HPforGrownups] Harry's anger (was Re: Draco's anger.)

[Jocelyn Grunow]

No: HPFGUIDX 122263


On Tuesday, January 18, 2005, at 05:55 pm, eggplant9998 wrote:

> Harry had every right to look at the Pensive because Snape was not
> fighting fair.

Egglant, this is not a morally valid reason.  Harry's only excuse for 
violating the privacy of another human being in this way is that he is 
a child and he gave in to temptation.  When he is a man we expect that 
he will know better, and have stronger moral fibre.

Furthermore, it is my belief that the way we fight reveals whether our 
morals are truly part of ourselves, or merely a glove we slip on and 
off at will.  We can never claim the moral high ground unless we hold 
OURSELVES to the highest standards, whatever provocation we may feel is 
offered to us.  Moral behaviour is not about what they did to us, it's 
about what we do to them.

Jocelyn