[HPforGrownups] Re: Requiescat in Pace: Unforgivables.

[Lee Kaiwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 174838

Katie> It's completely unbelievable
Katie> that Harry would, or even should, have guilt over this incident.

I disagree. I have TWO friends, one an ex-cop, one still on the job, who 
have had to shoot criminals in the line of duty. Both were exonerated by 
the mandatory review boards, yet one is no longer a police officer today 
because he couldn't deal with the guilt of having killed another human 
being. The other went through months of counseling afterward, despite 
the fact the guy he shot is still alive.

Try telling any of the thousands of returnng Iraqi soldiers suffering 
from PTSD that they shouldn't feel a moment's guilt for taking down 
baddies. Or take a trip down to your local police station and ask them 
what happens to good cops who shoot criminals in the line of duty.

Trust me, good people DO have "issues" with these things, even when they 
are justified. It's the people who DON'T that I worry about.

> Carrow was a vile person, who had been torturing children 

Then why didn't Harry take him down when he threatened to Cruciate the 
students? Sorry, it just doesn't seem Harry was too hot and bothered 
about that.

> The United States/Allies should NOT feel guilty about 
 > executing the people found guilty of war crimes at Nuremburg.

It's traditional, when firing squads are used, to load one rifle with a 
blank round so that none of the squad members knows for sure whether he 
fired the fatal shot. Even executioners feel guilt.

Lee Kaiwen, Taiwan