[HPforGrownups] Malum in prohibendum vs. Malum in se, was Re: Harry using Crucio.
Lee Kaiwen
leekaiwen at yahoo.com
Thu Aug 9 13:40:34 UTC 2007
No: HPFGUIDX 174915
Jane "Panhandle" Penhaligon blessed us with this gem On 09/08/2007 09:43:
JP> One might consider that under the new regime, the "unforgivables"
JP> are no longer unforgivable. ... I would not be surprised at all
JP> to learn that the new ministry under Thickness had passed
JP> new laws to allow the previously illegal spells.
While speculative, it would not be unlikely. I would rather expect the
new regime, however, to restrict the UCs to, say, DEs, rather than
opening them up for everyone. Don't want to go arming the enemy, after all.
Lee Kaiwen, Taiwan
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