Political positions of the characters/James reacting to Remus' lycanthropy.

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 150408

> Potioncat:
> 
> I still find it hard to understand "James hated Dark Arts" as 
> something he could learn from his parents, unless it was because 
of a 
> very personal reason. For example, my children would learn that 
> racism is wrong, that drugs are bad...but they probably wouldn't 
walk 
> out of the house hating either of them. But if the Potter family 
had 
> somehow been hurt by Dark Arts, and it was something James had 
seen 
> or heard about in a vivid way, then it would make sense that he 
hated 
> Dark magic.
> 

a_svirn:
I think you read too much in this "hated the dark arts" explanation. 
It's nothing more than a pious excuse for a nefarious deed. Cooked 
up hastily by Sirius to reconcile Harry with what he'd just learned 
about his father. It's much to Harry's credit that he didn't buy it 
at the time.