Harry, Draco and bathroom/ A couple of theories - Snape

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 162392

 
> Amiable Dorsai:
> After Draco made his unprovoked attack, Harry tried to defend himself
> with relatively benign magic right up until Draco started to utter an
> Unforgivable Curse. At that point, Harry had no assurance that he'd
> leave that bathroom either sane or alive, if he let Draco finish that
> incantation.  In justice, if not in law, Harry was justified in doing
> pretty much anything he could to avoid Draco's Cruciatus.
> 

Pippin:
That's not the way the good side looks at things, or Sirius would 
have seen nothing wrong with using the Unforgivable Curses 
against Death Eaters.

Harry had any number of tried and true spells  at his disposal,
including expelliarmus which he once boasted of using against
Voldemort himself.  Instead he chose to experiment which was
both wrong and stupid. Suppose the spell hadn't worked at all?

What Harry did could be compared to using an illegal handgun
against an attacker. The shooting might be self-defense, but
violating the gun laws would still be a crime.

Pippin