Sectumsempra and the DEs

[gelite67]

No: HPFGUIDX 151466

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, stevemac <yahoo at ...> wrote:
>
> Beatrice23:
> 
> > Probably for the same reason that he doesn't use avada,
> > imperio, or crucio.  It is dark magic.  PERIOD.  One doesn't use
> > it on another human being.  Harry is plagued by guilt when he
> > does use it on Malfoy and lets face it, if anyone deserves it....
> >
> > He uses it in the cave because he is facing an opponent that is
> > not alive so technically it is like blasting away a rock or
> > something else.  He uses it out of desperation.  He may be
> > angry when battling the DE, but he shows that he has to some
> > extent learned to master that enough not to stoop to the level of
> > the DE.
> >
> > Quite a difference from OotP when he attempts to use crucio on
> > Bellatrix.
> 
> 
> stevemac:
> 
> He does try to use several curses at the very end as Snape and 
Draco  
> try to flee the grounds (the key word being TRIES).
> 
> He tries (one assumes) CRUCIO twice, a few others, then 
SECTUMSEMPRA.  
> It's seems to be blind rage and assumed self-defense in the cases  
> where Harry does KNOWINGLY use Dark Magic, but he does try it - 
it's  
> not "below" him.

Angie again:

Oh, it's definitely not below him, but apparently, he has to be able 
to control his rage to do it properly and so far, he's been unable to 
do that.  I just wonder what this foreshadows about the final 
smackdown with Voldemort -- will Harry be able to kill Voldemort 
without resorting to Dark Magic?  How can he -- isn't the AK curse 
Dark Magic? And I guess that raises another question:  are wizards 
forbidden to use Dark Magic even in self-defense?