Wrong-headed compassion (was Re: Harry Draco and bathroom)

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 162710

> Eggplant:
> It's just a pity Harry hadn't killed him as he had every
> moral right to do, if he had Dumbledore would still be
> alive.


Well, yes, he would.  But unfortunately that would have led to Harry
being in Azkaban, which wouldn't have been good for Harry or anyone
else (other than Voldy).

On the other hand, there IS a situation where one can, I think, argue
pretty strongly that wrong-headed compassion messed up everything,
and that is the situation with Wormtail in PoA.  If Harry had kept
his trap shut, Wormtail's death would have neatly foreclosed the
route of Voldy's return, Sirius and Dumbledore would both still be
alive, and even the child-abusing Snapey-poo would still be safely
ensconced in his reprehensible practices.


Lupinlore, thinking that if Harry should feel guilty for anything,
THAT is what he should worry about