Bathroom Scene - A Different Perspective

[Bruce Alan Wilson]

No: HPFGUIDX 165142

Kemper:
"Both Draco and Harry drew guns though Draco would have drawn a pellet gun."


There have been many people shot and killed by police when they were brandishing a pellet gun or even a toy gun.  When someone is brandishing something that LOOKS like a gun, it is best for your own protection and that of any innocent bystanders to shoot first and ask questions later.  Perhaps Draco couldn't have pulled off a successful Cruciatus, but can one really expect Harry to wait to find out?  Harry knows what a Cruciatus can do; probably the only other student who has any real idea is Neville.  Was Sectumsempera excessive?  Perhaps.  But Harry really hadn't time to analyze and make a measured judgment.


Bruce Alan Wilson

"The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man.  Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish.  Only the bicycle remains pure in heart."--Iris Murdoch



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