Hermione's parents.

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 175283

sistermagpie Wrote:

> Your book glosses over the free will
> of other people 

I don't believe any concept in philosophy has caused more confusion or
been more unproductive than that of free will; an idea so bad it's not
even wrong.

> of creating a completely false binary,
> There are many more than just those two

How odd that despite the fact that there are "many more" things that
Hermione could have done to protect her parents you fail to mention a
single one. There is nothing false about that binary; you are just
pretending that nobody will ever have to make difficult moral choices
in life. If Hermione acted she knew it would lead to bad things, but
if she didn't act it would lead to far worse things. Hermione did the
logical and courageous thing! I just wish Hermione was my daughter
looking after me. 
 
> as if it's either do what she did or she
> watches her parents gets tortured to
> death for information 

Yep that's about it, sucks doesn't it. If Hermione had done nothing to
protect her parents then when they suffered a hideous death as they
certainly would have I can just hear the howls of protest from this
group. Why didn't she do something? Why didn't she change their
memories and move them to Australia? Poor Hermione (and Harry too) is
dammed if she does and dammed if she doesn't. Ron and Snape on the
other hand can do no wrong.  
 
> If as a Muggle you will happily hand
> over your free will

Hand over my what?!

> to Wizards because they know best
> that's your choice.

Hermione's parents could not possibly make a informed decision in this
matter because they don't know what's going on, and Hermione can't
tell them for two reasons:

1) She promised Dumbledore she wouldn't tell anyone.

2) The more they know the more danger they are in. And after being
tortured when they tell Voldemort that Harry knows about the Horcruxes
and is trying to destroy them, the more danger every single person on
planet Earth is in. 

> I find your law [Eggplant's Third Law of
> Unequal Moral Responsibility] confusing 

Talk to the Half Blood Prince, I'll bet he could explain it to you.

 Eggplant Gellert Grindelwald