[HPforGrownups] Re: Motivations for Joining DEs (Was: Bullying)

[Kemper]

No: HPFGUIDX 141114

On 9/30/05, pippin_999 <foxmoth at qnet.com> wrote:
>
> Nora:
> Particularly as the essence of the Dark Arts is domination...
>
>
> Pippin:
> Where did that come from? I didn't think there was any consensus
> on what the essence of the Dark Arts is, either in the books or
> outside them -- the term seems to be applied to any magic of
> which the speaker does not approve.
>
> Hermione worries about any spell that doesn't have ministry
> say-so, Umbridge wants to make the ministry's approved spell
> list even narrower, and Harry only decided the Prince's book
> was full of dark magic after he found out who wrote it.
>
> Sectum sempra is undoubtedly dangerous, but is it more
> dangerous than "Reducto!" would be if you used it on an enemy?

 Kemper now:
Snape suggests Sectumserpra is Dark Magic:
 "Who would have thought you knew such Dark Magic?"
 Sure, Reducto used on someone (if it works on living beings) could be could
be used for Dark purpose, but it is not Dark Magic. Dark Magic is about the
intent of the Magic being created. Sectumserpra (cut always?) wasn't created
to shred paper, it was created with the intention of hurting/maiming another
human being, and that is what makes it Dark.
 Is there any consensus?


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