Malum in prohibendum vs. Malum in se, was Re: Harry using Crucio.

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No: HPFGUIDX 174363

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Bruce Alan Wilson"
<bawilson at ...> wrote:
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> Some things are wrong because they are illegal; other things are
> illegal because they are wrong.
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Just a polite request. Not all of is are Latinists. I have picked
some up as I have meandered through life but could you just confirm
for me
Malum in Prohibendum.. I'm guessing  Wrong because it's
prohibited/illegal , it's where we get english prohibited from.

Malum in se,, wrong in/of itself.

Sorry, I was a secondary modern kid so never learned it as a child. Do
love it though and have tried to pick up bits.

Actually made me thing last night whilst re-reading HBP. Don't Wizards
learn Latin?   Harry says he didnt' know what Sectum Sempra did when
he used it on Malfoy. Huh, even my deficient Latin was up to that one.
Presuambly in the WW Latin is not a 'known' language just that used
for spells. So JKR must have used Latin just to let the readers into
the secret. A bit of a nod to Tolkien I felt, as he equated the
Common Speech of the west to English but the character did not speak
English

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