Flight of the Prince

[Miles]

No: HPFGUIDX 147184

Sherry Gomes wrote:
> Soldiers and police officers are the only people off the hook for
> killing.
> if someone argues that as a soldier, Snape had to kill his general to
> protect the good side, i still don't buy it.  i believe that whatever
> the
> truth ends up being, even if he is DDM, Snape will pay the price for
> his
> actions, because even if his motives are what some will consider
> brave and
> honorable, his world will never forgive him for it.

Miles:
The message up to now is that NO ONE has the right to kill except for self
defence. For example, Moody is praised for always trying to arrest DEs,
bringing them to Azkaban alive, whereas Crouch sr is blamed for letting the
Dementors kiss DEs or for killing them in a different way without trial.
Dumbledore, who is the main moral authority of the entire series, praises
Harry for saving Peter's life. Dumbledore tells us, that any murder splits
the soul of the murderer, and that this is the major damage that a human
being can sustain. And there is no death penalty in the WW (Sirius is
arrested for 13 murders - not executed) - Fudge's decision to let a Dementor
kiss Sirius in PoA is condemned.
Most of the list members on the DDM!Snape side (including me) have the
impression that Snape will either die in book 7, or survive as a total
outsider in the WW due to killing Dumbledore.

Sherry Gomes wrote:
> i hope with all
> my
> heart that JKR is not going to send that message to kids, that
> killing can
> ever be justified or right.

Miles:
I think your hope will come true, I don't think that JKR will change her
message totally. This is one reason I'm very sure that Harry will not kill
Voldemort - Voldemort will be dead in the end, and Harry will have done his
part in this, but that is not the same thing.

Miles, who does not expect a happy ending for Harry - if he survives, he
will be kind of Frodo Potter