Imperio

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 175415

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "R. Penar" <rlpenar at ...> wrote:
>
> In the Ravenclaw common room McGonagall Imperio's Alex Carrow and he 
> hands over his and Electo's wands and lies down on the floor.  So it 
> got me thinking.....why on Earth didn't she Imperio him about 10 
> months ago to save Hogwarts from turning into a Child Torture Zone 
> with the outcasts living in the Room of Requirement a la Lord of the 
> Flies??????
> 
> Imperio seems to be the most acceptable of the Unforgiveables. 
Surely 
> if kids are throwing Crucio around, an Order member would be able to 
> justify using Imperio?
> 
> Becky
>
Allie:

I would imagine that the Carrows have been reporting to Voldemort or 
other high-up Death Eaters - an Imperio would have been detected 
immediately.  The wrath of Voldemort would have descended on the 
school and on the professor even more quickly.  At that point in the 
common room, it was safe to do it because the final battle was about 
to unfold.

And I may be wrong, but I don't think McGonagall is in the Order.