Childhood values v Adulthood values in Potterverse WAS: Re: Power vs. Trust

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No: HPFGUIDX 143185

 
> Sherry:
> 
> There are reasons that teenagers aren't allowed to work at jobs 
using heavy
> equipment or other dangerous jobs.  There's a reason they aren't 
allowed to
> drive till a certain age.  It's a proven fact that kids don't have 
the
> judgment that adults do.  i don't believe for a minute that there 
was any
> thought of the villagers, good or bad.  They were doing something 
fun, and
> something that was helping their friend.  few kids would have 
thought out
> the consequences.  Too many people expect the marauders to have 
been
> thinking with the maturity of adults, and that just isn't the way 
it is.
> they were just kids, reckless, brave and caring for their friend, 
but also
> irresponsible and unthinking.  Well, so was I around their age, 
and so were
> many reserved responsible adults I know today.  It doesn't seem 
really fair
> to judge them with adult sensibilities.
> 
> Sherry

I'm not so sure about that. They were not children in their fifth 
year. They were about 15-16. And they continued to 
behave "irresponsibly" till they were in their seventh year, that 
is, even after they became legally adults. I can recognize post-
Azkaban Sirius and adult Lupin and Pettigrew in their respective 
teen-age selves very easily. And frankly it doesn't look like 
their "values" have changed perceptively. I don't know about James, 
of course, we haven't seen him as an adult. 

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