Debatable ethical issues in OotP and HBP.

[eggplant107]

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"lucianam73" <lucianam73 at y...> wrote:


> I still think Harry's `I'll make sure
> I take as many Death Eaters with me
> as I can,' line is horrifying. 

I found it quite noble and eminently practical, those Death Eaters
Harry killed in his last act would otherwise killed other good people.
Suppose it was WW2, would you still be horrified at a 16 year old boy
who killed some Nazis hust before he died?

> I noticed a violent, vindictive, 
> bloddy note that I definitely don't like. 

I can understand and agree how you could feel that way about a real
person, but not a character in a book. I don't want a character to do
the right thing, I only want him to do the interesting thing. Harry
disemboweling Voldemort is interesting, Harry killing Voldemort with
love is not. 

Harry to Voldemort at the conclusion of book 7: "I'ma call a coupla
hard, pipe-hittin' Phoenix members, who'll go to work on the home here
with a pair of pliers and a blow torch. You hear me talking',
hillbilly boy? I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'ma get
medieval on your ass." 

Eggplant