Wiz. Morality

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 155320

> 
> Rebecca:
> 
> IMO, Dudley didn't have to pick up the toffee and eat it.  He did 
so because 
> he is a glutton which, if I'm not mistaken, is one of the 7 deadly 
sins in 
> some circles. Choices, choices, they do come to mean something, 
don't they?

Finwitch:

I agree with this. Besides, Dudley was on a diet for health reasons - 
he REALLY should have known better than to eat it. Guess he learned 
THAT lesson there as he was much more fit in the next two books -- 
(boxing champion in OOP). So that shock might have saved Dudley's 
life. (not that one needs to appreciate boxing, but it IS exercise).

As for morality of WW. Sorting Hat told as the virtues of the 4 
houses right there in the first book -- Gryffindor: Bravery, nerve 
and chivalry. Ravenclaw: Quick mind, Wit and learning Hufflepuff: 
loyalty, fair play, unafraid of hard toil - Slytherin: Cunning, 
ambition, use any means to achieve the goal.

I myself found Harry throwing mud on Malfoy while under invisibility 
cloak as the BOTTOM he ever went. Even worse than his angered 
crucios. Why? Because that broke against *chivalry*.

Twins 'dropping' that candy did not. Besides, those two exemplify 
nerve by Ginny's testimony. And yes, I do find this the 'older 
brother doing in the bully'- sort as well. Harry's as close as 
family, their team mate, and anyway -- the twins DID save Harry with 
that Ford Anglia earlier...

Finwitch