Is Harry a Murderer / Killer!! ?? !! Yeah or Nah??

[eggplant107]

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 puduhepa98 at ... wrote:

> by the way why didn't Harry say something
> like "what's the matter?

I wish he had because without a doubt that would have made Draco even
angrier and humiliated.  

> or can I help you?

Why on Earth would Harry say that? Harry has every reason to hate
Draco and the last thing in the world Harry wanted to do was help him.
 He knew Draco was up to no good, it's just too bad he couldn't get
Dumbledore to listen.

> Harry shows some immediate remorse

And that was foolish of Harry because he had nothing to be sorry about.

 > but it doesn't last long. 

Nor should it.

> Does he ever go to see Draco in the infirmary?

Does Harry visit the thug who attacked him for no reason with an
unforgivable curse, no of course not. 

> Instead he is soon complaining about what
> appears to be a very mild detention for
> what he did.

Any punishment was an injustice because Harry did nothing wrong.

> Draco could have died

Well Boo Hoo. This is a war and people die in war, most of them far
far better Human Beings than Draco Malfoy. 

> in a Muggle court [Harry] would be allowed 
> to plead to involuntary manslaughter, but
> the  initial charge would be murder,
> if Draco died

Granted the Muggle judicial system has some very serious flaws, but
it's not THAT bad; Harry would never even be charged much less
convicted, a clearer case of self defense I've never seen. It
mystifies me why people what a hero in a war put the safety of their
enemy attacker above their own. That's not noble, that not inspired;
it's just stupid and wimpy. 

If I have any criticism of the Potter books it's that Harry hasn't
done enough controversial things, defending himself and yelling at his
friends a little bit isn't enough. In the next book I want to see not
only Harry kill somebody (Voldemort, Snape, and perhaps a few others)
but to find at least a little part of him that actually enjoyed it.
Now that's controversial in a way self defense could never be. 

> Surely, DD knows a lot worse
> things about SS by now

But one thing Dumbledore didn't know is that that Snape was about to
murder him, aided and abided by Draco I might add. If the Death Eaters
Draco smuggled into the castle hadn't been there it's unlikely Snape
could have escaped after the murder. I wish Harry had killed Draco,
the world would have been a better place.

Eggplant