Worrying about Unforgivables

[SnapesSlytherin at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 175511

The recent discussions on Harry and Co's use of the Unforgivables worries me.? I have seen *far* too many people using the rationale "This is war!? It was war!? They had to do what they had to in war!"? It makes me nervous because we're saying that it doesn't matter was Harry and the Order did or what spells they used or how they accomplished things because they were in a war.? It seems to me like some people are saying that the ends justify the means entirely in war, that the best way to fight an enemy is to sink to their level, and that there really is no problem with torturing people if you're in a war.? The even worse justification is the argument I have seen that says that it's okay that the good guys use them because they're the good guys -- whatever the good guys do is good because that's who they are.? I don't think we can give Harry and the Order a free pass because they're the "good guys"? A questionable wizard once said that it's our choices that make us who we are -- how far can the good guys go and remain unshakably good?

Oryomai
Snape Lives.

--Also, I desperately tried to keep my personal opinions on current wars out of this post and I apologize if it leaked through.

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