Why did not Voldemort Imperiod everyone? WAS: Re: Unbreakable Vow

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 148744

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Michelle" 
<mmmwintersteiger at ...> wrote:
>
> > Exodusts:
> > PS A more amusing question to ask is why, since we know from 
> > Viktor Krum (in GoF) that Imperiused-persons can themselves cast 
> > Unforgivable Curses, Voldemort doesn't just take over the world 
> > using an army of daisy-chained Imperius victims?

michelle:
> While there is nothing in the canon to support this theory, I would 
> think that the reason LV hasn't Imperized (correct spelling?) 
massive 
> amounts of people would be that they would be too hard to control.  
It 
> seems like you would have to do the curse individually therefore 
> making each person a "puppet" if you will.  How many puppets can 
one 
> wizard handle, well I'm sure its not many more than the master Jim 
> Henson :)

Geoff:
I wonder whether anyone on the group can give a post number because 
this idea was floated about a year or so ago and was discussed at 
some length.

I didn't join in the replies so I can't offer a message source 
because I haven't got one in my own personal message archive.