Harry, Draco and bathroom.

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 162407

Pippin wrote:

> 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.

I have seen no evidence that the spell Harry used was illegal, but
even if it was nobody would prosecute a man who used an illegal gun to
save his life because no jury would convict him. Personally I think
Draco got off very lightly, the only injustice was that Harry was
punished. And besides wizard law is a bit of a joke, it the Ministry
likes you nothing is a crime, if they don't like you then everything
is a crime.

> Harry had any number of tried and true spells at his disposal,
including expelliarmus 

True, but if somebody is trying to kill or torture me the well being
of my attacker is not my primary concern.

> which he once boasted of using against
> Voldemort himself. 

It's not boasting if it's true.

> Instead he chose to experiment which was
> both wrong and stupid. 

When Harry only has a split second to make a decision he follows his
hunches, that is his true skill and the reason he's still alive. But
forget that, let me ask a different question: Do you think it would
have made a better story if he hadn't used that spell? I don't.

Eggplant