Hermione's parents (was Re: A Sense of Betrayal / Unforgiveables)

[Abha Jain]

No: HPFGUIDX 175155

> Leah:
> We don't of course know for sure, but:
> 
>  (iii) No parent IMO would agree to such a thing.

Abha:
I agree completely. No human being would want their memories to be 
wiped out, no matter what.
But - at the same time - this behavior is something that the 
wizarding world indulges in all the time. From book I itself, we 
read about wizards wiping out memories of muggles, as a matter of 
course, in order to keep their own existence a secret.
So, I believe, the wizards are very used to doing things which would 
create ethical dilemmas in our muggle minds. They are different, 
they have the power to do lots of things (like apparating or erasing 
memories), and their ethical standards are corrrespondingly 
different.
Hermione probably wouldnt think twice about this (as long as she is 
not hurting her folks), because this is happening around her all the 
time. Ethics are debatable, since they always change over time. A 
century back, there were things that were de rigueur (like absence 
of women's suffrage), which would be considered impossible nowadays.

Just my 2 cents. Dont know whether it has come up before in this 
thread, cos couldnt read all the posts.
The way I interpret the final book is - it is full of a lot of 
darkness, and shows the good side in the bad light, yes. But this is 
because it has moved from  being a children's story to being an 
adults' one. It shows that there are no blacks or whites - just lots 
of gray. And you still got to chose your sides - cos' in a war, 
there are no neutrals.

- Abha